Janet Rickus was born in 1949 and raised in Chicopee, Massachusetts, but moved as a young girl to West Springfield, where her parents operated a grocery store. She started painting landscapes and portraits after graduating with a B.S. from Central Connecticut State University, and first began painting still lifes in 1983.
In 2006, Ms. Rickus was one of 9 state artists awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which recognizes excellence in the arts and supports further development of their talents. Her paintings are held in major public and private collections internationally. Rickus’s work was presented by Garber at a colloquium, femininmasculin, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
She has had one person shows at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts and the Berkshire Museum and is represented by Gallery Henoch in NYC, Bernay Fine Art in Great Barrington, MA and the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA.
