| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
In 1946 she illustrated a book of B.C. Flowers "and its particular fairy" with 32 lino block prints, including Oregon Grape and Penstemon. The prints were signed with her name "janet" in the block.
She had work in the Federation of Canadian Artists Third Traveling Exhibition in 1947.
She exhibited under the name Blench only in 1946, and as Janet Middleton the rest of the time.
Vancouver Public Library list of B.C. Artists notes her thus:
Middleton, Janet (Holly B.), 1922 aka Mrs. J.M. Churchill
Info in the Banff School of Fine Arts 1960 Prospectus:
"Janet Middleton returns to the Banff School of Fine Arts where she taught during
the summers of 1948, 1949, and 1959. Conducts community art classes for the
Department of Extension, University of Alberta. She is a member of the Society
of Western Artists, San Francisco; the Canadian Painter-Etchers, Toronto; and
the Alberta Society of Artists. Miss Middleton is becoming widely known through
showings of her original serigraphs, water colors and oils."
The artist died in Banff, Alberta in 2018.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1942 Sept. 25 - Oct. 18 | VAG B.C. Artists 11th Annual | Still Life - Study in Colour |
| Lulu | ||
| 1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 | VAG B.C. Artists 12th Annual | Landscape |
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | The Church |
| Cascade | ||
| 1946 Sept. 21 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 15th Annual | Shuswap Rapids |
| Pioneer Church | ||
| 1947 July 22 - 27 | VAG B.C. Interior Artists | (titles?) |
| 1947 | FCA Third Traveling Exhibition | Tunnel - Mountain - Banff |
| 1949 Oct. 8 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 18th Annual | Forest Life |
| Upper Falls - Johnson's Canyon |
THE SHELL CANADA COLLECTION (refer to SHEL77)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - SPRING EXHIBITIONS 1880 - 1970 (refer to MM88)
A DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN ARTISTS (refer to M)
One-page biography with numerous references.
A CENTURY OF SCULPTURE (refer to SSBC98)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA (refer to BIAC03)
6 references to Blench/Middleton.
VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY - LIST OF BC ARTISTS ON FILE (refer to VPL)
https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=4253