This site is a personal indulgence, a record of what has occupied my time and energy since I retired from my career as a full-time art teacher in England. The material that I post on these pages is a record of some of the experiences that make me grateful I've lived through the second half of the twentieth century CE and am still alive a quarter of the way though the twenty-first, despite the global anxieties of climate change, humanitarian crises, global inequality , wars and atrocities of all kinds. To put it simply, I feel lucky.
There will be no Paypal buttons or shopping carts. This is not a selling site. I have a commercial site called dempseyandwindle.com where books and publishing opportunities are available. The paintings on " janice-dempsey.com" are not offered for sale. I post them only so that I can remember making them and others can look and share them with me, if they choose. The reviews I publish here have been published elsewhere and have served to encourage audiences and readers to enjoy plays and books that I've enjoyed.
There will be no articles on politics. Politics are important to me but this is not a place where I shall discuss them.