Oncoming Storm Painting

Janice studied at Chisholm TAFE in the late "˜70s and has also been a Graphic Designer/Artist for over thirty years for publishing, display advertising, newspaper, real estate, printing and sign companies. She originally trained as a fine artist and has returned to making that the main focus of her business. During 2011 she completed a Diploma of Management course and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment which qualifies her to pass on her considerable graphic and fine art skills to interested students. She is now enrolled in a Diploma of Visual Art course (completion 2013) and is earning High Distinctions for her subjects. Janice was a member of the McClelland Guild of Artists 2005-2015. She has won several prizes including third place for Artist of the Year for 2006 and 2007, co-winner for 2008, equal second place for 2009 and winner 2010-2014. She was also a member of the Peninsula Artists Society, Berwick Art Society, the Victorian Pastel Society 2004-2014 and was accepted into the prestigious Australian Guild of Realist Artists in 2010. Janice won Section A (the highest section) in the Berwick Art Society for 2010 after only having been a member for less than eight months and won it again in 2012, 2013, and 2014. At the Western Port Festival in 2010 Janice was awarded Best in Show for her acrylic painting of a mare and foal named "I Love My Mum!" and in 2011 was awarded a first place for her pastel painting of the shoreline on the Mornington Peninsula, "Mornington Sunset". Janice was also selected as a finalist in the Pro Hart Landscape Exhibition in 2017 and in Summer 2018-19 was artist in residence at Hertiage Hill in Dandenong Victoria. Janice does commissions covering a variety of subjects including beloved canine pets as well as cats and of course horses and is now successfully selling works to clients in the UK and interstate in Australia.