Janice Guinan is a self taught artist living in Bible Hill,Nova Scotia. She has painted most of her life, and in 2001, she was challenged to do a pastel portrait. Very soon she was being commissioned to do a wide variety of portraits of children, families, and pets. Her portraits are usually done in pastel, but have also been done in watercolour, acrylic and oil.

The majority of both landscapes and seascapes she does are found in the rich beauty of Nova Scotia, both famous and not so well known scenes, but equally inspired. Her passion is the intricate detail found in the creation all around us. She mainly does these works in acrylic on canvas or masonite, but has also used oil, watercolour, and pastel, alone or done as mixed media.

Presently, some of her paintings can be found at Raven Gallery, Tatamagouche, Thrown Together Pottery, Truro, and Gallery 215, Selma, Hants County.  She has paintings on permanent display at Fairbanks Interpretive Centre, Dartmouth, at the RCMP’s Operational Communications Centre, Truro, and in the permanent collection of Colchester County.  Her works can also be found in private collections in Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe.

Janice Guinan is a member of V.A.N.S. (Visual Arts Nova Scotia) and the Truro Art Society.