Janis Somerville was a member of the Glenmorgan Art Group from 1970 until 1978. During this time she was introduced to Eastaus and the inspirational influence of Mervyn Moriarty. Janis left Glenmorgan to pursue her visual arts practice in Brisbane and from there she moved to residencies in Indonesia and a host of other countries. In 1997 she co-founded Art at Work with Pip Cozens. Today she uses her experience and her artistic vision to enable participants and her audience to understand a range of threatening environmental and social issues.