Janet E Davis

@janetedavis.bsky.social

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Artist, art historian, formerly worked in heritage (manager, digital projects, researcher), and voluntary work relating to Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne.

View of a display of paintings and prints in an artist’s studio. On the left is a vase of pink anemones on an orange scarf & above that is a painting of part of a clementine on an Art Deco plate with green pear on a pink scarf. The middle column shows 2 black & white space walker prints, a painting of a pear on a plate on a reconstructed 1950s fabric, & various stacked paintings below. The column on the right shows screenprints of the Ouseburn Railway Viaduct (top), a close up of 2 boats in Seahouses Harbour, a smaller print of more boats in Seahouses Harbour.
A oainting of orange, purple and pink flowers in a blue jug on a dark red table against a pinky-red wall. White text overlaying it reads “Ouseburn Open Studios. Janet E Davis. 29th & 30th November 2025, 10am to 5pm. b.Box Studios.”
A poster with pink lettering for Ouseburn Open Studios at B.Box Studios on the 29th & 30th November 2025 featuring a print by Janet E Davis depicting a pink cake with raspberries in the middle on a square Art Deco plate with a blue mug behind it on the left, and a green Penguin book with the title ‘Sweet Danger’ behind on the right.
Photograph of lots of small yellow tomatoes and red tomatoes.
Picture of the underneath of part of a railway viaduct surrounded by green space as a silkscreen print.
Photo of a work-in-progress oil painting of a blue ceramic jug on a dark red table filled with pink, purple, lavender & orange flowers against a red wall.
Photograph of studio showing handmade books on a table with paintings in the background including a landscape of the Tyne Valley.
Poster for Ouseburn Open Studios at B.Box Studios on 22nd & 23rd March 2025 (text saying this is in yellow bands at top & bottom). The painting in the middle is a colourful, lush landscape by Judy Appleby.
Early stage of painting of still life composition of Colombian costume doll ‘Juanita’ on the left (wearing a straw hat & full-skirted black dress with bands of colour, & early 20th century Japanese coffee cup & saucer on right, on a pale green background with pink blobs.
Sketch in paint of still life composition of Colombian costume doll ‘Juanita’ on the left & early 20th century Japanese coffee cup & saucer on right.
A painting of a handmade blue pottery jug with pink, orange and purple flowers on a red table against a red wall.
Photo of a pile of Coptic bound books, decorative papers and in the middle of the right side, a small pot of glue with brush balanced on top. The colours in the foreground are mostly greens. The colours in background on the right are orange, yellow & red.
Painting of individual cake on Art Deco plate in foreground with a stack of vintage green Penguin books (detective stories) behind it and a shelf of a bookcase full of detective stories in the background. Wording in pink overlaid in bottom left corner reads ‘Ouseburn Open Studios. 23rd - 24th November 2024. B.Box Studios.’
Painting of a view across the Tyne Valley with green fields under heavy purple clouds. The image is overlaid with the text ‘Ouseburn Open Studios. 23rd - 24th November 2024’ at the top and ‘B. Box Studios’ at the bottom.
Photo of front of B.Box Studio with text overlaid in pink: Ouseburn Open Studios. 23rd & 24th November 2024. B.Box Studios.
Picture of handmade books on orange background with words at top - “Ouseburn Open Studios 23rd - 24th November 2024” - and words below “B. Box Studios.”
Painting of mostly red and orange flowers in a blue and white jug with the wording ‘Ouseburn Open Studios. 23rd -24th November2024’ overlaid in white on the top of the picture, and ‘B. Box Studios overlaid in white type at the bottom.
Screen print of dancers rehearsing in a large room with a half-circle window divided vertically into three high on the back wall above them.
A screen print of a landscape with a cricket match on a green field against the background of a big rocky outcrop with a ruined windmill on top. The sky is full of stormy purple clouds.
Work-in-progress painting with green leaves and orange blossoms paint added to the quince blossom (in a Scandinavian glass posy vase), most of the canvas still bare.
Drawing in grey and pink pencil on canvas of sprigs of quince blossom in a small Scandinavian glass posy vase.
Drawing in grey on canvas of two sprigs of blossoming quince in a small Scandinavian glass vase
This incomplete painting depicts a vintage Japanese plate (bottom left) coffee cup and saucer (slightly right of the middle), with half a cherry Bakewell tart on the plate, There is a card reproducing a Japanese painting with a burnt orange sky with golden moon reflecting in water & silhouetted trees. The table is covered in a wrapping cloth depicting a woman in a kimono (face hidden) playing a musical instrument). There’s a bookshelf in the background.
A painting with a cake on a vintage flower design plate in the foreground, on a pastel-coloured check tablecloth. Behind it is a postcard and then a pile of Green Penguin books (vintage detective stories). There’s part of a chest of drawers & part of a full bookcase in the background (top of image).
Screenprint of 3 monochrome juvenile gulls in different sizes on the left & an adult herring gull on the right in colour, on a grey background.
Showing the underneath of the screen, the clean half looks yellow on the left. The inked up screen shows magenta on the right.
Poster for Spring Ouseburn Open Studios at B.Box Studios in Newcastle upon Tyne. Image is a landscape painting of the Tyne Valley at Fourstones.
White text over a photo of the Lower Ouseburn Valley reads ‘Ouseburn Open Studios. 16th - 17th March 2024 10am to 5pm.
An oil painting of mostly green fields with a line of houses in the middle on the left side and trees in the distance on the brow of the hill. The sky has heavy, dark purple clouds against some lighter ones.
Green poster with a painting of daffodils in a vase against blue background.
Photo of Coptic bound book showing front and back covers of mainly blue papers with touches of orange and red, featuring mostly birds and foliage.