Janet Alling is a graduate of Yale School of Art and Architecture. Sensing both her affinity and difference with fellow students, she found her subject in flowers. She was eager to investigate their essence and power and redefine a category of painting regarded as decorative and conventional. She redefines flower painting as an essential subject of contemporary art. Her newly published book, Unanticipated – A Life in Art tells her path to present day through text and over 275 images.