Westerville-based oil painter Janine Crum masterfully creates deeply introspective works emphasizing the emotional and physical landscape. 

Recently merging both her interests in mental health awareness and the stormy skies of the Midwest, she has been able to capture a wide range of emotions with her beautiful, expressive landscapes. As a result, she has given voice to both the beauty and power of an often overlooked phenomenon, thunderstorms, while exploring the development and effects of hardship and hope.

Janine’s work on hope and hardship can be seen in various online and print capacities and has been featured in local and national juried exhibitions. She is also the recent recipient of Westerville’s Emerging Artist of the Year award and co-founder of Daylight Artist Collective — a working studio space and gallery for artists in the heart of Uptown Westerville with the mission of showing that art as a profession is viable, accessible, and important to the growth of a community.