Hello. I'm Janet.



Hello, friend. I'm glad your here. I'm Janet Praught Morgan. I'm a mom of 7 and wife to a mountain man, but I moonlight as an artist and chronic reader. 

I've had various social media over the years but  never had a place that really felt like a home for my art. So I guess this is it. I plan on dropping random pictures and sketches and maybe talking about art and books and life a little, when the mood strikes.

  I may post some of my favorites from my old ink_and_tome IG account where I used to challenge myself to create illustrations from books I was currently reading. I really enjoyed doing those projects but felt a little hemmed in when I came to what kind of posts I made.


I recently illustrated a book for author (and dear friend) Bethany Wallace and I can't wait to update you on that, hopefully it will be out later this summer. 


I've got a few other projects in the works at the moment that I'll be sharing snippets of as I go. Taking my art seriously is new for me and I'm loving it even as I struggle to figure it out. 

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