Biography

Janet obtained an M.A.(Hons) in the History of Art at St. Andrews University in Scotland. She then qualified as a Solicitor and worked in London for a City law firm and an international charity. During those years she could not resist her calling to paint and did a B.A.(Hons) in painting through the OCA with tutor Jane de Sausmarez, supplemented by private courses with Robin Child at his Art Research Centre in Devon.

Qualifications

M.A.(Hons) History of Art, St. Andrews University

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales

B.A.(Hons) Creative Arts (Painting), OCA

Currently represented by ;

Fraser Gallery, St.Andrews, Scotland

Hambly & Hambly, Enniskillen,Northern Ireland

Mc Allister Thomas Fine Art , Godalming, Surrey

Wychwood Art, Deddington. Oxfordshire;

Gallery 545, Belfast.

Prizes/Awards

2025 - Hambly & Hambly - Finalist; John Richardson French Residency Award.

2020 /21 Royal Ulster Academy ; 139th Annual Exhibition.Ulster Museum, Belfast. Painting ‘Listening for Curlews’ awarded the prestigious Paul Henry Landscape Prize sponsored by Gormley’s Fine Art

2021 The Northern Ireland Civil Service acquired the painting Waltzing Green for their permanent Art Collection.

August 2021 - Awarded Founders Prize at annual Exhibition of Ulster Society of Women Artists at the Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast.

Artist in Residence

During the Season at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 2013. Glyndebourne, East Sussex,UK.

Elected member of the Ulster Society of Women Artists.