Janie Pirie

Janie was born in a sleepy farming village in Buckinghamshire just after the war.  She was painting pictures and plants from her father’s beloved garden from the age of three and sat her GCE ‘A’ level in art a year earlier than the usual.  She then studied at Northampton College of Art in the 60’s.After having a family and living in the Middle East during the 70’s Janie then worked for eight years as the resident artist on the East Essex Gazette.  From there she returned to Art School in Colchester to study fine art where she specialised in illustration.

Twenty years on and with many children’s books published she has turned her attention, quite by default, to botanical illustration.  In her first attempt she had five pictures accepted by the Society of Botanical Artists and is now a candidate for full membership.  Her work has also been accepted by the Royal Horticultural Society and she will be exhibiting with them for the first time at BBC Gardener’s World Live at the NEC in June 2008.

Janie’s work with coloured pencils is meticulous and finely detailed and has been extremely popular through her web site both as limited edition prints and greetings cards.  Sometimes taking up to 60 hours to complete, each piece is vibrant and ‘alive’ and amazingly detailed. As well as her love of all things botanical Janie also draws and paints ‘pictures’ of whatever takes her fancy.  She loves to paint people and is renown in East Anglia for her portraits of both children and pets. Her Art Workshops are very popular and are usually on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with some Saturdays available throughout the year.  For further details please contact using the details below.

Contact Details:

Janie Pirie
The Hassocks
Ipswich Road
Stratford St. Mary
Colchester CO7 6PG

E-mail address: twojaytees.hassocks[AT]virgin.net

Website:http://www.goldleafprints.com/

Telephone: 01473 311970 or 07786 545261