By Renee Phillips 

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Janice creates uplifting nature-inspired art with a delightful profusion of joyful colors, engaging organic forms, rhythmic compositions, and inspirational messages.

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Janice’s creative versatility spans a variety of styles and media. Most recently the interior landscape of her imagination has captured her interest to the delight of viewers and collectors. She is also proficient in book design and illustration, creates many commissioned paintings, and paints landscapes and pet portraits.

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Janice’s ebullient art reflects her creative process. She states, “There are few things as magical as taking a piece of paper and creating something interesting and colorful on its blank, white surface. Thinking of the nuances of color, shape, and line can hold my interest for hours as with each mark I consider something — life, love, loss or hope.”

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Janice has participated in exhibitions organized by The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS including “The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature” 2024 Exhibition. Her art is presented in articles on this website including “Art With the Magical Color Blue by Contemporary and Historical Artists” and “Many Shades of Green in Art by Artist Members & Master Artists”.

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Beginning in her early teens, Janice was introduced to artist-mentors who encouraged a shy girl who loved nature. Before entering college, she attended a two-week plein air painting camp as the youngest participant.

Next, she was introduced to nationally-known artists for two summers at the Kent Blossom Art Intensive and subsequently earned a BFA in Studio Art from Kent State University.

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Janice taught art to children of all ages in a private school and also to adults via Art of Ohio seminars in watercolor, altered books, and artist trading cards.

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She is also the author of Emmeline Grant and the Monstrous Beesh, a fantasy novel with 53 illustrations.

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Janice Phelps Williams’s Artist’s Statement: “I like to think every piece I create is infused with gratitude for those who supported or taught me, who commissioned or collected my work, and believed in my dreams. Every line, shape, color, and shade originates in nature. With no mechanical help or instruction, Mother Nature creates perfect symmetrical designs, as well as wild, random shapes.”

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