While attending college Janet worked as an architectural model builder. It is at this time that she fell in love with the symmetry of architecture. In 1982 Janet graduated from the Art Institute of Houston with honors. She subsequently continued for the next ten years in graphic design and illustration. In 1993 she founded Flickinger Design Studio. Along with pursuing her own work she also started teaching classes. Her love for passing on what she has learned to others has grown through the years.

It is at this time that Janet's passion for drawing and painting people really began to flourish. Her style can be characterized as social or photo realism with a high technical and detailed structure. Her style goes beyond what the naked eye can ordinarily comprehend and combines the fluidness of the human figure with the structure of architecture. Her passion now is to capture the essence of everyday life as it exists.

Janet also loves capturing the soul of animals. Looking at her work you can begin to feel through your eyes the different textures found in animals' skin, fur, feathers and fins.