ARTIST STATEMENT:

I draw inspiration from the world around me—both natural and manmade—using textiles as my primary language of expression. A deep curiosity for materials and techniques guides my practice and allows me to fully engage with, and savour, the creative process. My work unfolds as a dialogue with the elements; as I respond to them, the piece often evolves beyond its original intention.

Working across surface design, mixed media, and digital enhancement, I combine hand and machine techniques and incorporate dye, paint, pencil crayon, paper, and found or recycled materials. Each artwork follows its own distinct path, developing organically from an initial idea into a finished work.

BIO:

Janet Scruggs is a textile artist based in Kamloops, BC. Exhibiting locally, nationally and internationally, winning several awards for her artwork. Janet teaches both online and in person which provides her opportunities to share her passion for design and explorations of techniques. She holds a B.Ed. degree as well as a City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Design and Stitched Textiles (Hand Embroidery).

While raising 4 children, 3 with FASD, she worked as a parent mentor for other families raising children with FASD. Janet also taught and mentored others in an experimental textile group, the Fibre Optics Group for many years. She and her husband moved from Calgary to Kamloops in 2016 where she continues to pursue her artistic growth as well as teaching design and textile techniques. As a member of Kamloops Arts Council, Fibre Art Network and Studio Art Quilt Associates, she exhibits her work through these organizations, as well as art galleries as opportunities arise. She is actively involved in a two local groups, Kamloops Textile Artists and One Stitch At a Time. 

FAN EXHIBITONS:

Botanical Reflections – Frosted Leaf

Conversations – Symboisis: Convergence

20/20 Vision – What do You See

Circles & Lines – 1) Circles   2) Shadows

Threads of Hope – One More Time

For the Birds  – 1) Love Bird   2) Skinny as a Rail   3) Dead as a Dodo

Chromatopia –  1) Black Lichen    2) White Lichen

On the Bias – Darkness or Light

Resist – Sabotage

Doors and Gateways – Come Into my Studio

Narrow Works – Summer’s End

Up Close – Crustose

I Am – Roles & Reality

Sea Life – Ammonite Fantasy

Email: janetgailscruggs@gmail.com

Website: https://www.janetscruggs.com

Instagram: Janet.Scruggs