Studio Janimal

Artwork by Janet L.Lefley

Book Illustration

A green alien-like creature sitting at a cluttered wooden desk with papers, ink, and a quill. The room is a library with bookshelf filled with books, decorative framed insects, and a tall window. There is also a tall clock and a small telescope in the room.

Watercolors

Watercolor painting of a marina in Alicante, Spain, with palm trees, sailboats, and a colorful sky in 2025.

Wildlife

Colorful painting with stylized animals including a blue dog, a pink goat with large white horns, a green rooster, and a plant with large leaves in a vibrant abstract background.

Pet Portraits

A sketch-style drawing of a young man and woman relaxing on a sofa with a dog between them. The man wears a green shirt and a hat, and the woman wears a red top. There are two red apples on the table in front of them.

Highlight:

Boat Branding!

A smiling woman with long brown hair standing on a balcony with green railing, overlooking a lush garden with trees and fields on a sunny day.

Follow my Substacks!

Lifting the Rock - A Collective Discovery

Janet’s Comic Journal

Welcome to my Studio!

Hello! I’m Janet, a multi-faceted artist, wordsmith, illustrator, and intrepid explorer.

I hold an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and I’ve been a member of SCBWI since the 1990’s.

I was invited to join the Golden Egg Academy’s Mentor program in 2023, and my work was shortlisted in 2024 for both the I Am In Print competition and the Wells Festival of Literature competitions.

I’m currently working on a graphic version of my novel, Taki and the Totem Animals, about a girl in ancient Egypt who can take on the abilities of the gods' totem animals.

I write two substacks. One is called Janet’s Comic Journal, about my crazy life, which it truly bananas. The other is a substack collective, called Lifting the Rock - A Collective Discovery, that I founded with some of my fellow writers, screenwriters, poets and artists.

Fun fact about me, I was once a volunteer at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in the marine mammals department, where I had the honor of spreading salve on the penguin’s feet.