Sadly, Janet died in 2022. We at Lizard Art will be holding a retrospective exhibition celebrating her work in March 2023.

Janet trained at Bath Academy of Art studying sculpture and etching and travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East before a successful career in teaching. During a break from teaching she started to paint seriously and rapidly fell in love with the freedom and pure colours of watercolour. She painted professionally for over 30 years and exhibited widely throughout the country. Many images have been published as limited edition prints and greetings cards.

“I always prefer to work from life, starting with preliminary studies, often leading on to a series of paintings, each looser than the last. I hope that my best work moves beyond just describing the subject to also convey the atmosphere and my emotional response to it. The best paintings also take on a life of their own and you wonder: “where did that come from?” I love the play of colours against each other and there is something about the generous shapes and sumptuous colours in a bowl of fruit that I still return to time and again.”

Janet walked on the coast path most days and this inevitably became a huge inspiration for her work. She prefered to work en plein air but she was also drawn to colourful still life subjects. She was known as a  patient and inspiring teacher of watercolours.