JENNY
ABOUT
I was fortunate to grow up in a family full of creative people who encouraged and nurtured my artistic endeavours from a young age. I’ve always enjoyed drawing and painting, but it was a school visit to see a Monet exhibition in London which really sparked my artists’ soul and so began a lifelong love of impressionist art. All that glorious light, colour, texture and lively brush strokes! This is what I’ve strived for in my paintings ever since.
I have a lovely studio at home in the small town of Belper in Derbyshire. It’s definitely a cosy place to paint the occasional still life when the good old British weather is doing its worst, but my passion is painting en plein air. There’s nothing like being able to see the natural light on the subject I’m painting, using a vibrant palette of colours and bold expressive brushwork.
I have no shortage of inspiring places to paint, living on the doorstep of the Peak District National Park, and enjoy returning to familiar spots to paint at different times of day and in different seasons. The recent purchase of ‘Shrek’, the VW camper van, has opened up the opportunities to paint further afield, finding interesting new things to paint. My favourite things to paint are colourful gardens, flowers, and the crumbly old buildings England has in abundance.
EDUCATION
2010 Diploma in Drawing & Painting, London Art College
AWARDS
2012 Birds Birds Birds Award, National Exhibition of Wildlife Art (UK)
2013 Arts Council Prize (UK)
2014 Inaugural Chairman’s Award, Association of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition (UK)
2015 Highly Commended (two paintings), Association of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition (UK)
Association of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition (UK)
2015 Highly Commenced, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exhibition (UK)
2016 Shortlisted for the FOA Autumn Expo Prize (USA)
2016 Shortlisted for the Stwidio Maelor Works on Paper Prize (UK)
2019 First Prize, National Trust Art Prize (UK)
COLLECTIONS
American Macular Degeneration Society (USA)
The Vision & Art Project, Cincinnati (USA)
The Sketchbooks Project, New York (USA)
The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths University, London (UK)
Clocktower Group, London (UK)
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust (UK)
MJS Group, London (UK)
Numerous private collections in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, and the Middle East
EXHIBITIONS
The Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries, London, UK
UMenier Gallery, London, UK
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK
National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, UK
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
Association of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition, UK
Moss Gallery, Norway
Stwidio Maelor, Wales, UK
Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire, UK
Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK
Buxton Museum & Gallery, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK
The Old Lock Up Gallery, Derbyshire, UK
Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, USA
Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall, UK
The Derbyshire Open Exhibition, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK
The Women's Art Library, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
CCD, Orlando, FL, USA
Vibe Galley, London, UK
William H. Miller Fine Art, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
Strathnairn Arts, Canberra, AUS
The Green Man Gallery, Buxton, UK
The Little Gallery, Derbyshire, UK
Studio 54, Derbyshire, UK
Exhale Unlimired Gallery, LA, USA
Out Of The Blue Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Muse Gallery, Derbyshire, UK
Derbyshire Open Arts, UK
Belper Open Studios, Derbyshire, UK
The Ashbourne Open, Derbyshire, UK
Belper Arts Trail, Derbyshire, UK
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
‘Paint' magazine, UK, 2018
The FOA Winter Publication, USA, 2017
Featured collection, Saatchi Art, USA, 2016
‘Interview, The Vision + Art Project, USA, 2016
Interview, 'Fine Art' magazine, UK, 2016
Featured artist, 'Artists + Illustrators' magazine, UK, 2015
Featured artist, 'The Artist' magazine, UK, 2015
Interview, 'Artsbeat' magazine, UK, 2015
Interview, 'Paint' magazine, UK, 2015
'101 Creative Artworks', Pandora, 2014
Interview, 'Paint' magazine, UK, 2014