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Janae Velasco “Junavee”
Artist/Founder
Janae Velasco founded JunaVee Studio in 2016 after participating in The Darling Tree’s “Unicorn Project”. The general goal of the project was to help inspire the participant toward whatever lights their soul on fire, and Janae’s personal goal was to create a sacred studio space.
In the early days, JunaVee Studio was a place to unwind, decompress, process the day, and create. It was art therapy mixed with a dream that this adventure could lead to so much more.
Since then, Janae has blossomed into a new-impressionist painter, developing a unique style exploring light, color, and expressive mark-making, working mainly in acrylics but dabbling in other media, including watercolor, digital painting, gouache, murals, and jewelry design. Present throughout are themes of nature, emotion, expanding consciousness, and the cosmic unknown.
Janae was born and raised in southern California and studied the fundamentals of drawing and painting at CSULB. After leaving college, she continued her artistry in the form of art journaling, sketch-booking, and watercolor-doodling, until the creation of JunaVee Studio. In 2019, Janae and her fiancé, Chris, moved to Washington, and in 2020, she decided to go back to school to study Art and Psychology.
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“I have always been a music lover. Contemporary visual arts never really spoke to me. I came across Janae’s stand at “Art on the Ave” several years ago, and that was changed. A few days later, I owned my first original painting. And a few months after that, I commissioned her to create another work for me based on some passages from Dante’s Inferno. I gave her a link to the audiobook and set her to her business. I wondered if she would be able to pull it off: creating a piece of work, on demand, suited to someone else’s tastes. I was blown away when she finally revealed it to me. I didn’t really have words for how well she nailed it. I may have even been awkwardly silent at the reveal.
Even after two years in my home, the paintings have not lost their powers. They feel like medicine. One is a piece for my living room, the other holds a personal place in my bedroom. I still find myself some nights sitting in my bed staring at the piece, suddenly aware of a new detail that I hadn’t noticed all the times before. There’s a kind of “forever pleasure” you get from owning a physical piece of art made specifically for you, by someone you know, that can never be duplicated.
I will soon be moving to a larger house…and have not lost Janae’s phone number.”
– Jomo Edwards
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“I am in absolute awe with these beautiful paintings.
One of them took its place right in the center of my home and I could not be happier with how much it lights up the room. The other is right at the entrance of the house and it constantly gets compliments. Everytime I turn to look at them they bring a huge smile to my face. The details and the colors are absolutely mesmerizing and bring a calming almost meditational trance that it’s hard to look away. These two paintings are easily some of my favorite pieces in my home and I can’t help but look forward to when I can purchase another. Thank you, Janae!”
– Aurora Valles
© Junavee Studio 2022
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Original Art
Sticker Shop
About The Artist
Janae Velasco “Junavee”
Artist/Founder
Janae Velasco founded JunaVee Studio in 2016 after participating in The Darling Tree’s “Unicorn Project”. The general goal of the project was to help inspire the participant toward whatever lights their soul on fire, and Janae’s personal goal was to create a sacred studio space.
In the early days, JunaVee Studio was a place to unwind, decompress, process the day, and create. It was art therapy mixed with a dream that this adventure could lead to so much more.
Since then, Janae has blossomed into a new-impressionist painter, developing a unique style exploring light, color, and expressive mark-making, working mainly in acrylics but dabbling in other media, including watercolor, digital painting, gouache, murals, and jewelry design. Present throughout are themes of nature, emotion, expanding consciousness, and the cosmic unknown.
Janae was born and raised in southern California and studied the fundamentals of drawing and painting at CSULB. After leaving college, she continued her artistry in the form of art journaling, sketch-booking, and watercolor-doodling, until the creation of JunaVee Studio. In 2019, Janae and her fiancé, Chris, moved to Washington, and in 2020, she decided to go back to school to study Art and Psychology.
Reviews
“I have always been a music lover. Contemporary visual arts never really spoke to me. I came across Janae’s stand at “Art on the Ave” several years ago, and that was changed. A few days later I owned my first original painting. And a few months after that, I commissioned her to create another work for me based on some passages from Dante’s Inferno. I gave her a link to the audiobook and set her to her business. I wondered if she would be able to pull it off: creating a piece of work, on demand, suited to someone else’s tastes. I was blown away when she finally revealed it to me. I didn’t really have words for how well she nailed it. I may have even been awkwardly silent at the reveal.
Even after two years in my home the paintings have not lost their powers. They feel like medicine. One is a piece for my living room, the other holds a personal place in my bedroom. I still find myself some nights sitting in my bed staring at the piece, suddenly aware of a new detail that I hadn’t noticed all the times before. There’s a kind of “forever pleasure” you get from owning a physical piece of art made specifically for you, by someone you know, that can never be duplicated.
I will soon be moving to a larger house…and have not lost Janae’s phone number.”
– Jomo Edwards
Reviews
“I am in absolute awe with these beautiful paintings.
One of them took its place right in the center of my home and I could not be happier with how much it lights up the room. The other is right at the entrance of the house and it constantly gets compliments. Everytime I turn to look at them they bring a huge smile to my face. The details and the colors are absolutely mesmerizing and bring a calming almost meditational trance that it’s hard to look away. These two paintings are easily some of my favorite pieces in my home and I can’t help but look forward to when I can purchase another. Thank you, Janae!”
– Aurora Valles
© Junavee Studio 2022
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED