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 “I believe everyone is an artist in some way, whether it is the presentation of a fine meal or the construction of a beautiful home, the wording of a contract or the way a mother raises a child. Each of us has the ability to make art. Mine just happens to be in paint.” After spending nearly two years aboard a sailboat and cruising the West Coast, I really came to appreciate the quality of light and how different latitudes could affect the way I would see a subject. My favorite experience evolves around capturing warm reflected light on bougainvillea-draped buildings in Mexico. That same investigation of how light plays off of an item is what galvanizes me into painting a subject. It doesn’t matter if it is a ferryboat or a bouquet of flowers. When teaching, I try to get my students to “SEE” the different ways that the color gray is present in our images. Everything shy of a pure color pigment is a mixture of primary colors that give us a whole world of beautiful grays. My grays have a whole lot of purple to them. The interaction of warm light and cool shadows is what excites me about painting. I am third generation artist and am a winner of the coveted Skagit Valley Tulip poster contest for 2004 and the 2004 Edmonds Arts Festival Poster. I recently designed Washington State’s new Heritage Birth Certificate. My work can be found in both private and corporate collections locally and international, including France and the Netherlands. I teach near my hometown of Anacortes, Washington, gateway to the San Juan Islands. I divide my time between that, painting for the local art festival circuit, keeping up with my nine-year-old son and occasionally going sailing with my husband.  Jennifer's work is currently showing in these galleries: Gallery West: Fairhaven, WA Harbor Gallery: Gig Harbor, WA Heritage Gallery: Mt Vernon, WA Kirsten Gallery: Seattle, WA Lakeshore Gallery: Kirkland, WA Millstream; Westlake Plaza, Seattle, WA Quotations: La Conner, WA Scott Milo Gallery: Anacortes, WA State of the Arts Gallery; Olympia, WA Serendipity Gallery: La Conner, WA William Bounds Gallery: Burlington, WA Wilson Gallery: Mt. Vernon, WA Island International Artists,Reps to all other Galleries 360-293-9572 Other Accomplishments and Awards: 2008 HBO Films "Taking Chances" background art 2007 Quarto Publishing, London: Acrylic Flower Painters A-Z 2007 Quarto Publishing, London: Watercolour Flower Painter’s Bible 2005 Washington State Birth Certificate 2004 Skagit Valley Tulip Poster 2004 Edmonds Arts Festival Poster 2004/5 Anacortes Waterfront Festival Poster 2004 MacGregor Telephone and Visitor Guide Covers, Mt. Vernon, WA 2004 Northlight Books; Artists Reference Photo Nautical Material 2001 Edmonds Art Festival Edmonds Mayor’s Purchase Award 1999 Puyallup Fair Paintings, 200th Anniversary of Mt. Rainier Award Coming Art Festivals: 2008 Edmonds Arts Festival, June, Double Booth 520-521 2008 Skagit Valley Artists Studio Tour, July 21-22, My home 2008 Anacortes Arts Festival, August 3-5, Double Booth 619-620 2007 Sisters Art Festival, Sisters OR, October 13-14 
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