Janis Joplin
from Genomic
24" x 54"
acrylic on canvas
2007
Private Collection, Houston, Texas
Exhibitions
Bering & James, Houston, Texas, Genomic, November 2 - 23, 2007
Houston Design Center, Hunting Art Prize Gala, Houston, 29th Hunting Art Prize, May 2, 2009
One of two long-format genomics created to span the gallery’s opening wall, Janis Joplin measures 24" x 54". It stretches across the space with layered rhythm—ornamental, symbolic, and emotionally textured. The canvas doesn’t dominate; it inhabits.


The Tarot card—The Lovers—appears in gold, with a winged figure holding a sword. It introduces duality, tension, and mythic resonance. Nearby, a scientific diagram threads white lines across black—a system of logic beneath the emotional field.


A grayscale portrait floats mid-field, soft and painterly, surrounded by floral bands in teal, pink, green, and blue. The final strip swirls in multicolor—pink, blue, green—like a slow fade into feedback.


Janis Joplin opens Phase Two with quiet persistence. A canvas of symbolic drift and chromatic layering, designed to stretch across the wall and set the rhythm for what follows.