Janet Anderson’s life journey has been a meandering one. Formerly an attorney and stay-at-home mother, Janet is now a full-time professional artist whose representational oil paintings reflect the beauty of remote, quiet places and moments of intimate connection. In her fifteen years as a full-time artist Janet has received national recognition for her work, having had paintings juried into prestigious national shows including those sponsored by Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society. She was recently named a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society. Janet grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where her interests were primarily sports-related. As a child Janet enjoyed drawing, but art was not particularly encouraged and she had other interests that commanded her attention. She attended the University of Tennessee and was a member of the Women’s track team. While at UT Janet took a couple of drawing classes, which rekindled her interest in drawing. After college, Janet continued her education at the University Of Virginia School Of Law. She practiced law for a number of years, but always knew it was a poor career choice, unfulfilling on many levels. In 1993, Janet moved to Denver, Colorado and continued practicing law part-time until her third child was born. It was then that Janet, at a friend’s suggestion, enrolled in an oil painting class with Colorado landscape artist, Brenda Hendrix, and soon she was hooked. She continued to paint and study painting sporadically until her children were older and she had more free time. Janet then studied painting with a number of respected teachers including Tim Deibler, Kevin Wechbach, Scott Christensen, Michael Lynch and Quang Ho. In 2008 Janet began to sell her paintings and pursue art as a career. An avid outdoors-person, Janet is drawn to landscapes as her primary subject matter. She collects many of her reference photos from hiking, biking, fly fishing and skiing trips. Janet also spends considerable time painting outdoors, en plein air, enjoying the beauty of nature while pursuing her passion for painting. She participates in invitational plein air events throughout the country and recently has painted in such remote places as Patagonia and Peru. In recent years Janet has enjoyed teaching landscape painting to adults at local art centers and at the Plein Air Convention in Santa Fe. Janet lives in Denver, Colorado. She is represented by The Framed Image, Denver, CO, and also exhibits her work in juried shows both locally and throughout the US.