Premiere Film Screening of Janet Fish: Catching Light | April 16, 5:30 – 7:30pm

Join us on Thursday, April 16, for a premiere film screening of Janet Fish: Catching Light, a short documentary that explores the life and art of celebrated American artist Janet Fish (1938-2025) who spent her formative years growing up on the island of Bermuda. This special closing event is to mark the end of the landmark exhibition Janet Fish: Place in Time. The film takes the audience on a cinematic journey, combining breathtaking visuals with intimate interviews and beautiful representations of Janet Fish’s paintings. The film shares insights into Fish’s unique ability to capture light and the importance of reflection, time, and space in her work.

The audience is invited into her process; her mastery of colour and movement in the ‘still’ life form. As interviewee Lindsay Wragga says ‘She brought life into everything she touched. Her paintings made the objects more alive than they were without her…brighter than the sun’.

Guests will have time to explore the exhibition before settling in for the 30-minute film screening, followed by a Q&A with the documentary’s director and producer, Paul McGuire. Janet Fish: Catching Light incorporates interviews with artist Robert Kushner, art historian Vincent Katz, gallerist Bridget Moore, Janet’s partner of decades, artist Charles Parness, alongside former assistants, models for paintings and friends. Together with archival photographs and a sumptuous selection of her oil on canvas paintings, the film explores Janet’s commitment to pushing boundaries and blazing her own path. Janet once said, ‘I see light as energy, and energy is always moving through us. I don’t see things as being separated. I paint through the painting because everything is part of everything else.’

The film shares insights into Janet Fish’s unique ability to capture light and the importance of reflection, time, and space in her work. The audience is invited into her process; her mastery of colour and movement in the “still” life form. As interviewee Lindsay Wragga says, ‘She brought life into everything she touched. Her paintings made the objects more alive than they were without her…brighter than the sun.’ Director and Producer, Paul McGuire says, ‘It is a great honour to be premiering the film at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, on an island where Janet spent close to a decade of her teenage years, a place whose vibrant colours and amazing light inspired Janet’s unique creativity throughout her career.’ ‘As a filmmaker, it can be challenging to create a documentary that encapsulates the subject’s life. Janet’s work, the words of her peers, and those she loved, made creating this film unforgettable.’

Admittance: free for members | $25 for non-members.
Ticket includes one complimentary drink.

Janet Fish: Catching Light Credits
Director: Paul McGuire
Editor: Vanessa Gould
Composer: Bartoz Gruchala
Director of Photography: Nelson Hume

Thank you to Rosewood Bermuda for their generous support of this event.