"After working 14 years as a Technician in the NRCS Charles E. Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory in Lincoln, Nebraska, Janis Lang began to think of soil in a whole new way. In the laboratory she had always noticed the many beautiful colors of the soils that she analyzed from all over the country and the world. Lang had an idea, -- why not use soil to paint scenes from the Lewis and Clark expedition? What better way to celebrate the expedition’s recording of our country’s natural resources, especially our landscapes and soils?"

- United States Department of Agriculture (2014)

Jan painted 12 paintings, utilzing soil, which are on display in several museums and throughout federal buildings in Nebraska. She was also responsible for the creation of multiple calendars for the National Soil Survey Center. Addtionally, she painted four murals for the Denny Federal Building in Lincoln, Nebraska.