Jane Croteau has been working in stained glass since 1980. She and her husband own Phoenix Studio, in Portland, Maine. In 2001, Jane's sister, Joan, introduced her to painting with watercolors. Since that very weekend, she has been obsessed with painting. "I do stained glass for a living, but I paint for the sheer pleasure of it". An avid sailor, Jane travels to the Mediterrean annually to sail with friends. "The colors there always seem brighter and the scenery so much more interesting. I have so many paintings swirling around in my head and look forward to the time to paint them all!" Jane lives in the country with her husband, Lance and their Maine coon cat, Ulysses, (the mighty water cat).