Janet L. Solano

Janet grew up in North Platte, Nebraska. Even when she was a young child, she always loved creating. Eventually, she turned to drawing and painting. 

Janet attended the University of Nebraska Kearney. While Janet attended UNK, she took various courses in art. She received a BFA degree with an emphasis in Graphic Design from UNK. She later went on to get a teaching license and currently works as an art teacher at Brighton Options School. She loves being able to share her love for art with her students. 

Janet has always loved working with unusual materials. Through this, she discovered a love for texture. It was because of this that she first began using recycled materials in her artwork. For Janet, it began as a fascination with texture but has turned into something more. 

Now, instead of seeing recycled materials, something that is usually thrown away or discarded, Janet sees a world of possibilities. She loves the challenge of taking what most would consider trash and turning it into something new and beautiful- something to be cherished. 

Janet has found that recycled materials add a rustic beauty to her work that could not be achieved any other way. She also loves knowing that the discarded materials won’t end up in a landfill or ocean. Most of all, she loves the stories they tell. They serve as a reminder of what God has done for us. 

Janet considers each piece she creates to be a visible, tangible reminder of how God takes our past mistakes, our wounds and our broken pieces and transforms them into something that is new and beautiful. 

Above the Tide