Janet Campbell has always had a love of art and nature. Her initial art education was in the Botanical Illustration Program at the Bronx Botanical Garden.  This led to an interest in watercolor whose unpredictability corresponded to Janet's desire to become looser in her artistic expression.  She attempts to capture the essence of a subject while freeing the pigment to create on its own whenever possible. Janet has had an opportunity to work with a number of inspiring teachers including Mary Whitehill, Richard Ochs, Judi Betts, Mel Stabin and Eli Rosenthal. Especially excited by the art of the impressionists her favorite artists include John Singer Sergeant and Winslow Homer.

The Wallkill River School has provided a forum for Janet to meet other artists with a like interest in helping preserve the beauty of the mid-Hudson Valley region. Living on the Shawangunk Ridge and close to the Bashakill Swamp in Sullivan County NY offers her rich subject material.  Although landscape is her primary focus, Janet recently is developing an interest in figure work.  Janet's work has been exhibited over the past eight years in numerous regional shows.  She has exhibited in two “Kindred Spirits” shows with her colleague Pat Morgan and had her first solo show in June 2008 at Newburgh City Hall.  Janet won an Honorable Mention award at the Spring 2008 Middletown Art Group Members Show.  She is also a member of the North East Watercolor Society, the Wallkill River School and the Wurtsboro Art Alliance.

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