Small Wonder Gallery: featuring the art of Edward Gordon, Carol Collette, Alan Magee, Carol Sebold and other local and national artists

Born and raised in the Washington D.C. area, Janet Smith's interest in art began at a young age. Her father was a writer and her mother a dancer. She assumed she'd grow up to be one or the other, but in college she fell in love with painting and earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting and printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University. Upon graduation, she looked for a way to make a living with her art skills. "I realized with glass I could do fine art and design in the same medium," she said. "I liked having the range and I thought I could work for myself, not just do art on the side."

Color is what makes her glass expressive. For her, light has all sorts of incredible energy. "I'm fascinated by the way it plays upon things," she said. Smith starts out with a loose idea of what she wants to achieve. Working spontaneously, she is apt to change focus throughout the process. "I work in a painterly fashion, adding and taking away. I hope you enjoy your stained glass piece for years to come."

Stained Glass Mirrors and Panels