About
Janet is an Impressionistic Oil Painter located in Northern California. She received a degree with honors in Fashion Design and Art from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Janet started her career in fashion design on 7th Avenue in New York City, as the assistant designer for Adrienne Vittadini and later became head designer in various design houses. Janet later started her own knitwear business ALTA MODA LTD where she designed high fashion knitwear for specialty and department stores such as Saks Fifth Ave., Lord and Taylor and Neiman Marcus until she retired from the fashion world to raise her two young daughters.
Janet continues to be involved in fine art and fashion working in the mediums of oil painting, mosaics and fused glass creations. Janet studied under the master oil painter Mario Mirkovich for 3 years in Rancho Palos Verdes California where her art was influenced by the majestic cliffs and ocean vistas. Janet now lives and works in the Lake Tahoe Region where she is inspired by the changes in the four seasons and has turned her attentions to the spectaular mountains, lakes and desert landscapes.
Janet continues to be involved in fine art and fashion working in the mediums of oil painting, mosaics and fused glass creations. Janet studied under the master oil painter Mario Mirkovich for 3 years in Rancho Palos Verdes California where her art was influenced by the majestic cliffs and ocean vistas. Janet now lives and works in the Lake Tahoe Region where she is inspired by the changes in the four seasons and has turned her attentions to the spectaular mountains, lakes and desert landscapes.