Janet originally trained as a designer and Visualiser in Advertising. She became Art Director for local Ad agencies and a Pharmaceutical Company in Hertfordshire. As a parent Janet had a major life and career change moving to Edinburgh. She began lecturing in Further Ed and teaching in Adult education and Community Education. Over the last 10 years she has settled in a rural North East Beds Village to enjoy a full time Art hobby and developing a small Art business. Janet works in her home Studio situated in the heart of her and her husband's wildlife friendly cottage garden. Janet concentrates mainly on delicate watercolour wildlife portraits inspired by her experiences walking her dog in the unspoilt local countryside. She also has an Etching Printing Press and enjoys the flexibility of Collagraph and Drypoint etchings. Janet is an active member of the Bedford Art Society, where she enjoys painting outside in the summer with the group and inside painting Portraits in the winter. She regularly exhibits her work locally and this year was asked by St. Neots Picture Framing to be represented by them, her work displayed in a long term exhibition in their Studio windows and on their Website. Janet is also a member of the SAA.