Lacking the words to express herself, Janet produced her first artwork using the wrapping technique used by Kate Platt. The work was a cross section of a Morton Bay fig tree, titled "A Slice of Life". The natural fibres used for this work were dyed using the leaves of the fig tree. "A Slice of Life" won the emerging artist award at the Laman Street Art exhibition. Janet has since participated in joint art exhibitions at Back to Back Gallery in Cooks Hill. The first was "Spirit of Place/Genius Loci" where Janet's work was based on the changing seasons of her Scottish Island of
Bute. The next exhibition at Back to Back Gallery was "Air Fire Water Earth". Janet selected the interaction of
water and earth as her theme. First, the precious water nourishing Australian eucalypts, the second, a contrast, showing the damage done by Scottish storms to uproot trees and shape rocks.
Her next exhibition at Back to Back Gallery is planned for October, 2020. The theme is "Observed, Collected and Constructed". Janet will concentrate on the construction of items within nature.
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