Based on the Central Oregon Coast, Janey Mae Bevill is an oil painter of 25+ years, visceral poet, soprano singer in Lincoln County choir, shore explorer, and "Aunty Birdy" to several wonderful round-faced kiddos.

Her artistic style has often been described as elegant, vibrant and dynamic. She loves playing with exaggerating natural forces like gravity, light rays, decay and deliquescence and she has an expert hand at blending to create both soft textures and crisp details.

“Is there life in it?” That is the question Janey Mae redirects to in guiding her concepts and oil painted explorations. It is an intangible idea, but accessible to any viewer to feel in each image. Often times movement, light orbs or light refractions brings that feeling of life to her pieces. And often an ocean inspired narrative is represented. Some recent pieces include anemone’s splitting by asexual division, bird’s carrying light over oceanic scenes, and harbor seals diving in abstracted pastel currents.