Janice was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to the West Coast in her early twenties. She has studied fine art at the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), the University of California (Sonoma State), the University of Nevada (Reno) as well as with several private instructors.               
 

Janice has won numerous awards in juried art shows and competitions nationwide and has shown her work in both group and solo exhibitions. She has been the recipient of several grants throughout her career, including the Helen EllisTrust Fund Grant which was used to create the winning design for Westport, Massachusetts' first town flag since it's incorporation in 1787. Janice was awarded an official sitation in recognition of her outstanding artistic abilities.  

Janice has won several honors from the Massachusett's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife for her beautiful paintings. She has won second place two times, honorable mention three times, and recently won first place in the 2010 duck stamp design competition for her exquisitly rendered canadian goose which was carved by Thomas Wilson of Ipswich, MA.

Janice has donated her time and talents to many worthy causes, such as the Make A Wish Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, The Maswsachusetts Waterfowler's Society, The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, The Westport River Watershed Alliance, and most recently the Animal Rescue League of Fall River, MA.  

 Janice is currently an active member of the American Society Of Marine Artists, the International Society of Marine Painters (Professional Member),The Westport Art Group The Nature Conservancy, The National Audubon Society, The National Wildlife Federation, The Sierra Club, The Wild Mustang Santuary, Ducks Unlimited (Atlantic Frontier Chapter) and The National Duck Stamp Collectors Society.

 Janice is  listed in Who's Who Of American Women, as well as Who's Who Of American Artists.  

 Janice now lives and works in the beautiful fishing and farming village of Westport, Massachusetts, where the Ocean and Nature in all of its beauty is at her beckoned call.  

American Duck Stamp Collectors Society Member                                                      American Philatelic Society Member