Artist Statement

I try to capture something of the experience of being in a particular space, of having a particular view. In any landscape,  I am aware of two oppositional aspects simultaneously, a multiplicity of elements within a total unity. I typically aspire to express this duality within the constraints of my medium.

Here is what persists in my art-making after several decades:

● Building up images or structures with an accumulation of discrete units;

● Representing landscape, typically aspiring to express the picturesque;

● Working in collage with common materials;

● Presenting objects or images that can offer an experience of contemplation and visual pleasure.

I am inspired by all forms of decoration. I continue to be inspired by art history, particularly the roots, trajectory and decline of modern art.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 

2026 - ‘Landscapes and Objects of Interest’, Queenies/Port Hope Public Library

2025 - ‘Art Around Town’, Second Helpings, Port Hope 

2025 - ‘The Shape of Space’, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg

2024 - ‘Northumberland Drawings’, The Main 66, Port Hope 

2019 - ‘Recent Landscapes’, Capitol Theatre, Port Hope 

2009 - ‘Screenroom’, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton 

2000 - ‘Picnic’, Red Head Gallery, Toronto 

1995 - ‘Moduli’, AGYU, Toronto 

1994 - ‘Music Lab Mural’ (competition), York University, Toronto 

Jones, Janet. “The Shape of Space”. Art Gallery of Northumberland. 2025