Born in 1973,  Anmatyerre artist is the daughter of Margaret Golder and Sammy Pitjara. Her grandfather was Old Henry Pitjara and renowned artists Angelina Ngale and Polly Ngale are her grandmothers. Famed artist Greeny Purvis was Janet’s uncle. Janet is married to Ronnie Bird, son of artists Paddy and Eileen Bird. Together they have four children. Janet has been painting since the late 1990s. She is entitled to paint a number of themes including Awelye (ceremonial body paint design), Mountain Devil Lizard and Emu and has become well known for her encyclopaedic, striking and detailed paintings that depict many of these stories together in the one canvas.