Inside Janet's two studios, the atmosphere intensified. We left the fantasy landscape of the artist's past works, a few hanging here and there as a reminder of previous creation. Gone were the sky-borne beings and the rather spiritual blues. Around me stood many paintings, layers of brilliant colors – oranges, reds, magentas, yellows, greens, purples – works in tempera on gessoed paper, works on silk, big, little, emphasizing shapes, floating in space, contrasting in multi-hued energy. They were certainly a cohesive body of "New Works" representing a burst of activity in the time since the artist had returned from a trip to London, Paris and Amsterdam.

She showed me a wonderful sketchbook, "Europe 2001", in which she had stood at the hotel window, awake because of her jet lag, drawing in detail with black ink, later painting with watercolor, all the time using different styles. Said the artist, "Getting images out of my head... There's sometimes something there, like automatic writing, stream-of- consciousness painting. You don't have time to get your mind involved. Things pop out that you wouldn't get if you had to think too hard." In traveling, Janet had such complete freedom to experience the new. "In Europe, people dress differently, think differently. The pace is different from Maui'." She continued "It is wonderful to come back to Maui and compare."