Janet Trobough

Janet Trobough was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest.

A self-taught artist who began with oils in the late sixties, she started a long professional career in the beauty industry in Portland, Oregon and later moved to Seattle, Washington. A highlight of her career was the position of “Artistic Director” in charge of education for a chain of salons in Portland. Later, she was invited to join a European design team based in Seattle.

Subsequently, she moved to Seattle and opened her own salon in the downtown area.

With many artists in her clientele, and still painting in oil, she filled the walls of her hair salon with art, and had yearly shows representing her own work as well as her clients’.

In 1998, she decided to pursue her dreams and devote all of her efforts to art. After moving to Overton, Nevada, she attended Max Bunnell’s watercolor class at the local community college, and fell in love with the watercolor media, which is still the main focus of her work.

She has grown to love the people and beauty of Moapa Valley. The inspiring grandeur of Southern Nevada, together with the petroglyphs and pottery of the Anaxazi, Laguna, Hopi, and Acoma peoples, comprise the many subjects of her paintings