Marriage itself can be a work of art; Jen & Jon are blessed to live their lives together through the creation of work. Both enjoy making works of bold color, and texture. They both tend to stay in the representational genre. The similarities however, end there…
Jon’s paintings speak of mood and place. He uses bold strokes, and shadow to tell the story of the vignettes he creates. The absence of people is telling, coming from his need to be removed from chaos of a former life. His works are often dwellings. Old and weathered portrayed at different times of day and season; deserted. He invites the viewer to take a closer look and ask why?
Jon presents his subject matter by making the time of day ambiguous. Shadows, light, and color compete in the arena of the composition to leave the viewer asking about what the inhabitants of this place might be doing, where might they be?
Jon has studied many contemporary artists and their techniques; his philosophy is to make art “that I would want to hang on my own wall”.
Jen’s work is almost exclusively wildlife related. From an early age, she began to draw the natural world, and has continued expressing herself through that subject matter. She thinks of each piece as a self-portrait. Media is no barrier, be it clay, wood, bronze or paint, the need to tell her story is evident in her works.
Jen presents her emotions through the way the media is handles in each piece. At times there is a high degree of realism, at other times the focus is on the subject only. She uses bold primary colors often to play one element off another. Her sculptures follow the same rules. Whether they are representational or more impressionistic, all Jen’s work come with an eye for detail and a love for the subject matter.
Beyond visual confines Jennifer finds herself delving into the warm waters of fiction. She is about to release her first book in a series of four called “One Day Closer to Death.” A paranormal romance about a cancer survivor and her curious brush with the archangel Azrael.
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