Janet Matthews

This article is about the Australian artist. For the American historian and author, see Janet Snyder Matthews. For the Australian musician and recorder of Aboriginal culture, see Janet Mathews.

Janet Matthews is an Australian artist, known for her works in pencil and crayon, depicting Australia's wildlife. She has been the Wildlife Art Society of Australia's "Wildlife Artist of the Year" on three occasions, in 2011, 2013, and 2017.^[1]

Janet Matthews Dip and Grad Dip Vis Arts, WASF, AGRAF
Occupation	Artist
Awards	Wildlife Artist of the Year (Australia): 2011, 2013, 2017 Focus on Nature Jury Award: 2014
Website	www.janetmatthews.com.au

In April 2014, she won a Focus on Nature Jury Award at the New York State Museum.^[2]

She created artwork for Australia Post, for their Australian Antarctic Territories series postage stamps (two×50c and two×$1.00), depicting fishes of the Australian Antarctic Territory, released on 1 August 2006,^[3] and of insects, for gutter decoration for 28 July 2009 "Micro Monsters" series.^[4]