Janee Hughes has been painting and drawing all her life, but her 31 years of teaching art left her little time for her own work. Since her retirement in 1997, she has been able to do more painting and exhibiting. Her work usually is realistic and involves animals, especially horses. A lifelong rider, they are her favorite subject matter. Janee has also done work involving carousel animals and has sold cartoons to newspapers and catalogs. She has combined her art with writing to produce several children's books. And, through her Painted Ponies, she continues to amaze the world with her demonstrations of how diverse a canvas the horse can be.