Janice L. Moore has been making art from her studio in Freeport for over twenty years, with a primary focus on oil painting. Canadian by birth, her family is from Nova Scotia, and she regularly returns for inspiration. She grew up close to the border in northern Maine when schools still closed for the potato harvest. Her visual daydreaming and the vast expanse of fields, clouds, and open sky, along with the patterns created by each pass of the harvester made for some bad picking but a real appreciation for where food comes from and the tremendous efforts made by folks to bring it to us. 

Her family spent the better part of each summer living on a boat in Northeast Harbor, where she learned to appreciate well-made things like boats, buildings, and gardens.  She moved with her family to the Portland area as a teenager, finding her crew of creatives and fellow art makers. After graduating from Waynflete School and Sarah Lawrence College, she traveled in many directions before eventually returning to Maine to raise her son and pursue her quest for being useful.

Moore has pursued an ongoing exploration of Maine's industrial landscapes and what she describes as the architecture of our usefulness. She believes that in Maine landscapes, “we often reference our idealized vistas of woods, mountains, and coastline, which Maine is so rightly known for, but there’s another equally intriguing landscape that tells an important truth about our history and our experience as Mainers.”

She has shown her work in many traditional gallery settings and some unconventional ones too. “On my curatorial projects, my maxim is always: “Just add art and good lighting, invite makers to participate, then we can really see each other and see what is happening around us.”Moore has a particular interest in showing in places of healing, having spent a fair amount of time in them herself and knowing firsthand their value.