Janeen Heath is a lifelong Northern California resident and currently lives in Danville, California with her husband and best friend of 46 years, Tomm and three rescue dogs.
She was introduced to art and music at an early age by her father, Guido Ferraro, who was an accomplished oil painter and guitar player. Unfortunately, he died when Janeen was only 10 years old but the gift he left her was a passion for art and music.
Janeen rejects being labeled as a specific type of artist. She relates more to the description of being a constant “experimental and inconsistent artist” as she loves to search and discover diverse mediums and textures to use in her artwork.
Her love of the freedom of letting paint and mediums flow from her mind in a meditative state is shared with the love of fine details. One can clearly see the perseverance shown in some of her very detailed paintings and works. She is not limited to painting; she sculpts in clay and enjoys pyrography as seen in her beautiful guitar art and her version of pointillism, which is inspired by aboriginal art.
Whether she is cooking or creating art, her method and motto is “no recipes, no rules and plenty of loud music!”
In 2020 Janeen was commissioned by Wente Vineyards to create 5 Artist Series wine labels. She showed how art, music and wine are intertwined. She explains “Grapes are the instruments and wine is the music”.
Music is my drive! My thing!!!! I am a mediocre guitar player but it drives me into this passion for creating visual art.