Emigrating from Germany to the US, then to Canada as an adult, Janet Strayer has had a life-long commitment to exploring human development along many fronts. Loving and collecting art from an early age, it was not her career until 2005, when she began public shows of her artwork. She graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University in New York, was an international Fulbright Scholar, and pursued a rewarding academic-research career as a professor of psychology at Simon Fraser University. She has lived, worked, and travelled in many regions of the world, experiences, that, along with her personal and professional background, find their way into her art. Her working studio is on Saturna Island, B.C. She has also been a featured writer for Arts Avenue magazine and maintains an online blog about art, travel, and creative living.