Janet was born in South Australia to Jewish/English migrant parents who encouraged a multicultural life in their new Australian home.

Influenced by her tutors, including Adelaide's Jam Factory potter, Bruce Sellick through the Stanley Street School of Art, who encoraged her distinct drawing style, and later by landscape and portrait artists Terry and Lorraine Lewitzka, Janet was inspired to confidently explore her unique way of looking at her subjects.

Working with a diverse range of mediums and materials, Janet has never been afraid to experiment, keeping her work fresh and alive with movement and emotion. In recent years she has been working predominantly in charcoal and oils paints, beautifully capturing the character, light and life of her subjects, whether they be people from her local community, or the vast landscapes that dominate the South Australian coastline, or the canefields and mountains of her North Queensland home.

Janet has worked on community projects exploring the multicultural diversity within the Mackay region.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts – Communication & Media, Griffith University, Brisbane
Art & Craft Certificate – Stanley Street School of Art, North Adelaide

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SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 - Shed Happens, International Men's Day exhibition, Mackay

2022 - Art on the Hill, Slade Point, Mackay

2022 - The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award Exhibition

2021 - Queensland Regional Art Awards, Consolidated Properties Group, Brisbane

2020 - Conversations with Australian South Sea Islanders: a missing chapter from Australian history, Foundation Gallery, Artspace, Mackay

2019 - Flying Arts Alliance - Seasonal sittings of Tiny Art Spring Exhibition - JWCOCA, Brisbane

2019 - Conversations with Gloria on the verandah, Jubilee Community Centre, Mackay

2019 - Conversations with Australian South Sea Islanders, Brisbane Multi-Cultural Centre

2019 - Plantation Voices, State Library, Brisbane

2018 - Articulate, Postcard Exhibition, Artspace, Mackay

2018 - Windows to the World - Oceania, The Centre, Beaudesert

2017 - Fruit Salad Café, Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane

2017 - 'Kitchen and Kin' Group Exhibition, ASSI Meeting Hut, Mackay

2017 - Pet Portraits, Artspace, Mackay

2017 - 40 x 40 square, Brunswick Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

2016 - Paxton's Portrait Prize, Mackay

2016 - Pioneer Valley Arts , Pinnacle

2016 - Art on Show, Mackay

2015 - Paxton's Portrait Prize, Mackay

2010 - 2016 Red Poles Art Gallery, McLaren Vale, South Australia

2006 - "Visual Feast", McLaren Vale Grape, Wine & Tourism, South Australia

2005 - "Artists at Play", Middleton Mill, Middleton, South Australia

2004 - "Impressions of the Creative Soul", Whalers Inn, Encounter Bay, South Australia

2004 - "Nudes Only" Works of seven Fleurieu Peninsula artists, Goolwa, South Australia

2002 - "Paradiso" South Australian Living Artists, Adelaide, South Australia

2001 - "Fleurieu Peninsula Artists", Ron Adams Art Gallery, Victor Harbor, South Australia

2000 - "Art Affare", Stirling, South Australia

2000 - Art Affair, Woodstock Winery, McLaren Vale, South Australia

1998 - Solo Exhibition, Lombard Art Gallery, Adelaide

1998 - 2005 Kensington Art Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia

1996 - Hahndorf Academy, Country Arts Trust, Hahndorf, South Australia

1995 - Solo Exhibition, Telegraph Station Gallery, Victor Harbour, South Australia

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AWARDS

2022 - Best in show, Shed Happens, International Men's Day exhibition, Mackay

2022 - Finalist Queensland Regional Art Awards/The Merv Moriarty Landscape Award

2022 - Finalist Australian Artist's Book Prize/Libris Award

2021 - Finalist Queensland Regional Art Awards/The Mervyn Moriarty Landscape Award

2020 - Finalist, John Villiers Outback Art Prize, Winton, Queensland

2019 - Pioneer Valley Arts - 1st and 2nd Prize

2018 - Finalist, Waverley Woollahra Arts School, 9 x 5 Landscape Prize

2018 - Articulate, Postcard Exhibition, Artspace, Mackay - 1st Prize

2018 - Pioneer Valley Arts - 1st Prize

2018 - Pioneer Valley Arts - People's Choice Award

2018 - Art on Show - Special Mentions for Works on Paper and Easel Painting

2017 - Pioneer Valley Arts - 1st Prize Open Section

2016 - Paxton's Portrait Prize - Paxton's, Mackay, Highly Commended

2016 - Pioneer Valley Arts - People's Choice Award

2016 - Pioneer Valley Arts - 1st Prize - Open Section - Drawing

2016 - Pioneer Valley Arts - 1st Prize - Open Section - Seascapes and Landscapes

2015 - Inaugural Paxton's Portrait Prize - 1st Prize - Drawing

1998 - Highly Commended, Goolwa Art Prize

1997 - Highly Commended, Goolwa Art Prize

1996 - State of the Arts, Country Arts Trust SA. People's Choice Award