In 1967, born in Huntsville, Alabama. In 1969 Jennifer and her family moved to a farm in the country. This is where the love of color, nature, solitude, horses, and adventure began for Jennifer. At age 4, her parents bought her a pony, and from that point on the love of horses and the Wild West obsessed her mind, drawings and writings. She spent most of her life outdoors, and kept pencils and pads of paper for drawing with her everywhere she went. All the children were in awe of her renderings of horses, and wanted her to show them how to draw.

In 1977, she sold her first work to her 5th grade school teacher Ruth Wright for $5.00. A watercolor painting of fish. That summer she took art lessons from a local school all summer long learning pointillism and perspectives. Jennifer continued to drawing and writing, her essays and poetry won her some awards and a chance to compete in the DAR competitions.

She graduated in 1986 from Randolph High School, thinking she wanted to please her family and go into the family business-so she acquired a BS degree in Marketing. Continually painting and drawing she sketched everywhere she went, and taught herself. Traveling to Europe inspired her artwork when she saw the classic master's artwork in the churches and castles.

1992 her mother began taking art lessons in oil when she retired. This inspired Jennifer and began the acrylic and oil painting phase of Jennifer's art. Her father also began his own pottery studio.

1993-2001, While managing the family business, starting and running two businesses of her own, Jennifer acquired graphic artist skills, and continually used her creativity to land her promotions, advertise, design logos, and get paid for the artwork she had created. Jennifer has sold her oil and acrylic works for $500-950, and her pencil art for $35-350.

In August of 2001, she entered an art competition in Fayetteville, TN and won several 1st, 2nd, and 3rd 's the competition. Later the next year, 2002, Jennifer entered a competition in Duncan, Oklahoma with a brilliant colorful painting of a horse eating grass. It won Best of Category in Acrylic. She received a $200 check for the competition. Several homes, offices, and businesses in Huntsville, AL, Fayetteville, TN and parts of Kentucky have purchased Jennifer's artwork. In 2008, she shipped a painting of a guitar to Amsterdam.

Jennifer has experience and successful sales in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen, pencil, colored pencil, pastel, graphic design, cartoons and mixed media. Most of what she paints is through visions, ideas, and creations.

Jennifer Taylor's work is alive with color, movement, emotion, humor and passion. She combines her love of horses, nature and her Creator into her artwork. Jennifer exhibits her talents with different styles of art making her very versatile.

Jennifer now resides on a farm in Taft, Tennessee in a private and beautiful setting where her art studio faces the hills of Tennessee. She has two lovely children, a wonderful husband, several horses, dogs and cats.

EDUCATION

In 1977, the youngest student in a class for pointelism and perspective, High school art courses, College art minor, Mostly self-taught by studying many artists and their styles.

REPRESENTATION

SOLO EXHIBITS

Cattleman's Steak House, Elk River Coffee Shop (3 times),

GROUP EXHIBITS

Fayetteville Art League, Fayetteville Art Fair, Guntersville Art Show, Duncan Oklahoma Art Show and Contest (won best of category), Art For God,