[Janet Kimantas]

Okay, I confess, I've been hanging around anonymously for months. I can honestly say that finding this site has been life-changing, and I'm not often given to superlatives. You are all such a talented, generous, sincere group of people. What a find for me.

Although I studied studio (fine) art at the Ontario College of Art and the University of Guelph, my predominant livelihood over the last twenty-some-odd years has been commercial art: graphic design, illustration and stained glass design and fabrication. I decided a couple of years ago that I needed to change careers and after a huge amount of thought and research I realized that my only choice of a second career is my choice of a first one! To that end I have been painting evenings and weekends as much as possible with the intention of weaning myself of full time employment. Oooooh I can't wait.

The following pictures (of dubious quality) are from old school photos of my son and daughter, a professionally taken shot I used at work of a sweet little girl and a painting mostly from life of my honey. Thanks for letting me be part of this. And thanks especially to Cynthia.