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Art in Nature, Flies in the Paint

By hebervalleylife.com · September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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A close-up of a wooden palette with thick, colorful oil paint and a small natural element caught in the pigment, set against a sunlit window in Heber, Utah.
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In a sunny bedroom art studio at her home in Heber, Janet Johnson paints beside her sweet dog Rosie, who lies on a cozy bed under the window to keep Janet company. Surrounded by semi-completed paintings, Janet continues to breathe new life into canvases that began as female-figure drawings.

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