CV/Bio
Artist Biography
Jennifer started drawing cartoon characters of horses, dogs and cats when she was in grade school in order to entertain her friends. Her love for animals and art has developed over the years to be her passion for painting. Aspiring to be be a contemporary master of portrait painting, Jennifer went to New York in 2010 to study with Daniel Greene to learn more about portrait painting. She was awe-inspired by his techniques and philosophies and applies what she learned to pet portraits as well as people portraits. She has a way to make animals look very distinguished as someone would a human portrait.
Graduating with a BSBA in Marketing, Jennifer’s has owned and managed several businesses over the years. After a long sabbatical from holding a pencil for serious drawing, she picked it up and began to draw again in 2001. After entering and winning some contests with her pencil drawings of horses, she decided to make it more than a hobby.Jennifer took two years of acrylic lessons from Barbara Miller in Huntsville, Alabama. She is self taught in pencil, charcoal, watercolor and mosaics. She also has taken casting classes and cold and hot metal working classes for jewelry. She continues educating herself through self-study, the influence of Daniel Greene, Igor Babailov, and many others she admires.
Jennifer has won several awards for pencil and acrylic paintings in Alabama, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. Her artwork hangs worldwide, Germany, Amsterdam, United States. She considers herself a minimalist painter of single subjects, emphasizing the eyes. She likes the power of simplicity and the impact of color, light and contrast.
Jennifer is a full time artist and loves to spend some of her time inspiring others by teaching them to see the world differently, and create their own unique style of art.
Jennifer contributes all of her passion and success to our Maker, Jehovah-God. He is the ultimate master of creating art.
Favorite Bible Verses:
Matthew 6:22 “The Eye is the lamp of the Body” (The window to our soul)
Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it will all your might!”
Mark 9:23 “Everything is possible for him who believes”
