Janice Trimpe studied sculpture at Detroit ’s College for Creative Studies (CCS) for three and a half years and in 1976 went on to set up a studio in downtown Detroit where she sculpted portrait busts in the window. Her work there attracted the attention of many prominent people and in the next few years Janice was asked to sculpt over 200 portrait busts. Many of these were children, considered by Janice to be her forte. Other assignments included (former) Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams, (former) Detroit Police Commissioner Raymond Leonard, Mikhail Baryshnikov, restaurateur Chuck Muer, and newspaper columnist Susan Stark. In the early 1980's, Janice’s sculpture of boxer Joe Louis won first runner-up in a nationwide search.  More recently Janice has sculpted Detroit businessman Manuel “Matty” Maroun and Alfred Mann, Past CEO of MiniMed in Northridge, California .

Janice will create a portrait either from a live model, with three to four sittings, or from photographs. The finished product can be bronze or fired clay. Price is determined by size, medium, and whether it is a bust or a full body.