Felt Art by Janine Jacques: Yorkshire-based landscape artist
Hello – I’m Janine Jacques, a Yorkshire-based felt artist living between Leeds and York. My passion lies in creating felt art that captures the beauty and magic of nature. To be able to bring the great outdoors into your home through my colourful landscape paintings.
My felt art evokes memories of cherished landscapes visited, special times in the countryside: feelings of space, freedom, calm, and truly being alive in the natural world.
Each felt landscape captures the scenic beauty in a tactile form, bringing landscape painting to life in a unique, environmentally conscious, sustainable way.
> Explore my collection of felt art landscape paintings.
I’m thrilled to share that I was featured in The Yorkshire Post Magazine on April 20th, 2024, and in Towpath Talk in September 2024. Both articles highlight the felt art exhibition I was part of with others from the International Felt Makers Association. The exhibition was at Armley Mills in Leeds for a year and ended 1st June 2025.
The final felt art
The final felt art pieces are truly unique and not simply a recording of the scene. Each felt landscape incorporates painterly mark-making and is a celebration of colour, the beauty of wool and nature.
Each felt artwork combines my training in painting with the ancient art of felt-making to celebrate and bring together the different skills of wet felting, needle felting and sewing.
My felt art can be found in art gallery shops in the UK and has been bought by private collectors worldwide.
News, Exhibitions and event dates
Sat 11th & Sun 12th October 2025 Boston Spa Art Festival Saturday 11th (10-5pm) and Sunday 12th (10-4pm) October 2025 in the Boston Spa Village Hall. https://www.bostonspavillagehall.co.uk/arts-festival
Sun June 1st (10-4pm) Seven Pillars of Wellbeing Event. Leeds Trinity University, Horsforth LS18 5HD.
September 2024 Featured on Towpath Talk website, click here to read the article. And in their September edition newspaper.
20 April 2024 Featured in The Yorkshire Post Magazine, click here to read the article in Yorkshire Post.
19 May 2024 – 1 June 2025 Entangled – an exhibition with the International Felt Makers Association at Leeds Industrial Museum.
Shop
A selection of original felt artworks and vibrant oil pastel paintings, complemented by art prints and greeting cards. Settle in with your favorite drink and take a moment to browse the collection.
Felt Workshops
Felting workshops in wet felting and needle felting, available in Yorkshire at Aberford Village Hall and Clifford Village Hall.
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You Tube
Watch me create my artwork on You Tube. There are lots to choose from including creating my charcoal drawings and oil pastel paintings as well as wet felting and needle felting.
The Process
My process for felting a landscape begins with a camera. I take lots of photographs of landscapes and skies as I see them on my travels… When I have an idea for my next wet felted landscape I create a mood board.
👉 To find out more about my process click here
Greeting Cards
Sets of greeting cards of my felt artwork themes are available to buy: Northumberland coast, landscapes of Ireland and Yorkshire, Sheep scenes and afternoon tea! The cards are blank on the inside for your own message.
Reviews
Before creating my own website I had – and still have an Etsy shop. On my Etsy shop you can see lots of lovely 5* reviews.
Inspiration
I’m fortunate to be surrounded by the diverse beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. The rolling hills, woodlands ,coastal views and more.