Janet enjoys painting a wide variety of subjects, finding inspiration in scenes of beauty in nature and in everyday life. She is especially captivated by the interaction between light and shadows and enjoys experimenting with combinations of mediums and various painting surfaces. Her most recent commission work has been in pastel portraits of people, pets and homes. In addition to pastels, she enjoys working in oils, acrylics and colored pencil, but is always drawn back to watercolor, which is her first love.

She has studied art through courses and workshops at Rowan Cabarrus Community College and Waterworks Visual Art Center, as well as privately with award winning artists and instructors such as Katherine Skipper, Elizabeth Watson, Tom Jones, Chuck McLauchlan, Clyde Overcash, Cathy Sigmon, Patt Legg, John Brady and Kaneko McNeill.

Janet has served as president of The Carolina Artists for the past 5 years and holds memberships in the Mooresville and Stanley Art Guilds. She has participated in juried shows and numerous other exhibits in North and South Carolina including Davidson Art Gallery, Stanley Art Gallery, Mooresville Art Gallery, Muddy River Art Gallery, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Southern Spirit Gallery, The Art Station, Falling Rivers Gallery and Sunset River Marketplace Gallery; and has won numerous Silver Arts awards at both the county and state levels, and at Carolina Artists Expos. She has painted murals and stage sets for theatrical productions as well as two of the large angles for the Downtown Angels of Salisbury project, which are displayed each year during the Christmas holiday season.

Janet states of her art, "I don't try to make grand political or philosophical statements with my art. I paint for the pure joy of it - bright, happy pictures of flowers and landscapes. If I'm feeling down, I don't paint, I write a poem. Sometimes I write a lot. Sometimes I paint a lot. I rarely do both. My writing and my art tend to be introspective and inspirational, reflective of my passion for life and my deep Christian faith."