Southern Highlands artist Janie Miller works at the intersection of observation and memory, translating the Highlands’ gardens, bush tracks and big skies into quietly expressive paintings and drawings. Using watercolours, oils and drawings, Janie layers transparent washes, gestural marks and fine linework to create compositions that feel both spacious and intimate. Colour is her anchor, soft neutrals offset by lifted hues, to capture the way light pools across paddocks, moves through eucalyptus canopies and changes with the seasons. Influenced by contemporary landscape and botanical traditions, Janie is less concerned with literal depiction than with atmosphere: the pause after rain, the hush of dusk, the hum of spring. Her works invite a slow look—textures reveal themselves up close while broader rhythms hold from afar. Based in the NSW Southern Highlands, Janie exhibits locally and her paintings are held in private collections in Australia. She contributes to the region’s creative life through open studio events and collaborative exhibitions.