EDUCATION
JANET'S PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BEGAN AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUED AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE EARNED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. SHE TAUGHT HIGH SCHOOL ART FOR 8 YEARS AT SOUTHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE DETROIT, MI AREA. JANET HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE DOING DENTAL LAB WORK DURING HER COLLEGE YEARS WHICH DEVELOPED ART SKILLS WHEN MAKING VARIOUS MOLDS AND DENTAL APPLIANCES.
ART BUSINESS CREATED
AFTER LEAVINGL TEACHING, JANET STARTED HER ART BUSINESS WITH HUSBAND, HAROLD. JANET FEELS SHE WAS PROGRAMMED TO BE AN ARTIST BEFORE SHE WAS BORN. SHE LOOKS AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND HAS A PASSION TO CREATE WITH WHATEVER MATERIAL IS AT HAND. SHE HAD TO FOCUS PRIMARILY USING ONE MEDIUM TO MARKET AND SELL. HER LOVE FOR BATIK WAS THE WINNER. JANET AND HAROLD HAVE TRAVELLED CROSS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS DOING THE SHOW CIRCUIT. THEY ALSO MARKET THE ART THROUGH GALLERIES AND ONLINE SOURCES. A "MICHIGANDER" ORIGINALLY, THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE SOUTH FOR 26 YEARS AND RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO MICHIGAN.
SKILLS
ALTHOUGH JANET DEVELOPED HER SKILLS AND ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE IN COLLEGE, SHE IS BASICALLY SELF TAUGHT IN THE ANCIENT ART FORM OF BATIK. USING THE BASIC TECHNIQUES, SHE DEVELOPED HER OWN "STYLE" WHICH IS UNIQUALLY HER OWN. THE BATIKS SHOW VARIOUS PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY. HER BATIKS ACT AS A PORTAL TO THE SPIRITUAL REALM FOR HER AND OTHERS, GIVING THE ART AN ETHEREAL QUALITY. USING IMAGINATION AND INTUITION IS HER "BATIK AND BEYOND" WAY.
