Janice Thompson was born in
Western Australia and moved to Sydney in 1975. Her love of painting prompted
her to enrol in an Art Certificate course at Hornsby Technical College,
studying from 1977 to 1980. In her final year she was awarded a prize for
watercolour painting. Her main inspiration at Hornsby was her motivating
tutor, Margaret Woodward.
From 1991 to 1993 Jan returned
to Hornsby and completed the Studio Cermaics course in Pottery Techniques.
Drawing and painting flowers
has been her main love and in 1977, under the tutelage of Mary Ann Mein at
Ku-Ring-Gai Art Centre she began botanical art classes. Janice has also
attended master painting classes by Jenny Phillips, Susannah Blaxill, Marion
Westmacott and Barbara Duckworth.
Janice has contributed to all
the Botanical Art Society of Australia exhibitions since its inception.
