Jennifer is a contemporary fine artist known for her vibrant, layered paintings that blur the line between realism and abstraction. Her work explores the emotional resonance of color and light, often featuring expressive landscapes, ethereal florals, and atmospheric abstractions. With a background in both traditional and modern techniques, Jennifer creates compositions that invite the viewer to linger—offering a sense of joy, curiosity, and quiet reflection.

 

Based in Roswell, Georgia, Jennifer has been painting professionally for over 25 years. Her original works and fine art prints are held in private collections across the Southeast and beyond. Her paintings have been featured in American Art Collector, Peachy Magazine, and other publications, and has beenrepresented by several prestigious galleries throughout the region.

 

Each piece she creates is rooted in her love of luminous color, gestural brushwork, and a search for balance between spontaneity and intention. Whether building depth through transparent layers or using bold marks to suggest movement, Jennifer's paintings radiate a sense of life well observed—and deeply felt.

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE & RESUME

Professional artist and painting instructor with more than 25 years of painting experience and over a decade of teaching adults through private lessons, small-group classes, workshops, and online instruction. Known for making composition, color, technique, and creative problem-solving understandable and approachable. An active exhibiting artist whose contemporary acrylic and mixed-media work has been presented in solo exhibitions, galleries, juried shows, and publications throughout the Southeast.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Independent Painting Instructor | Alpharetta, Roswell & Metro Atlanta, Georgia  |  2012–Present

• Teach private painting lessons, small-group classes, and workshops for adult beginners through experienced painters, with individualized guidance based on each student’s goals, experience, and preferred subject matter.
• Provide demonstrations and instruction in acrylic painting, composition, value, color, focal point, simplification, mixed-media techniques, and the decision-making process involved in developing and finishing a painting.
• Offer painting critiques and practical, step-by-step recommendations that help students identify the most effective next change while preserving their individual artistic voice.

Course Creator and Online Painting Instructor | Create Paintings You Love  |  2026–Present

Develop and teach structured online painting courses, including Finish Your Paintings with Confidence: A Step-by-Step Guide, with video lessons, downloadable resources, painting examples, critiques, and student support.

Founder, Owner, and Instructor | Ferris Wheel Arts  |  2018–2020

Founded and operated an Alpharetta art center offering painting instruction, creative workshops, private lessons, small-group classes, and community art experiences; developed programming and taught adult students in an encouraging, highly personalized environment.

Painting Instructor | The Art School in Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Georgia  |  Winter–Spring 2014

Taught painting classes for adult students.

TEACHING AREAS

• Acrylic & Oil Painting
• Composition and Design
• Color and Value
• Mixed Media & Layering
• Planning Techniques
• Critique Skills

EDUCATION AND CONTINUING STUDY

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

Photography 101 and 102, The Showcase School of Photography

Painting instruction from Christopher Sherry, Kip Rogers, Maureen Engle, John Stanford, Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson, Gary Bodner, Maggie Siner, Kevin Beilfuss, Sabre Esler, Lisa Moore, Gary Weiss, Rae Broyles, and additional instructors; ongoing independent and online study.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibition, Dancing in the Rain, Quinlan Visual Arts Center Main Gallery, Gainesville, Georgia, 2022

Solo Exhibition, Flights of Fancy, Galerie Matilda, Roswell, Georgia, 2012

Trinity Spotlight on Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008–2025

The Lovett Art Show, Atlanta, Georgia, 2024

ArtRoom Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, 2024

Birdwatching, Main Street Gallery, Clayton, Georgia, 2022–Present

The Extended Mind, The Pretentious Collector, Athens, Georgia, 2022

Homegrown, three-person exhibition, Gregg Irby Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2016

The Harding Art Show, Nashville, Tennessee, 2016 and 2017

Wesleyan Artist Market, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2018

Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show & Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, 2010–2012

Georgia National Fair 19th Annual Fine Art Juried Exhibition, Perry, Georgia, 2008

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

American Art Collector, “Women Artists,” March 2022

Family Life Magazine, artist profile, February 2019

ArtGuide Magazine, juried artist introduction, 2019

FASO Informed Collector Newsletter, featured artist, November 2018

VoyageATL, artist interview, May 2018

StyleBlueprint Atlanta and StyleBlueprint Charlotte, artwork features, 2017

Peachy the Magazine, cover artwork and two-page artist spotlight, October/November 2014

Northeast Georgia Living, Fall 2013

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Main Street Gallery, Clayton, Georgia | 2022–Present

Stellers Gallery, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | 2016–2022

WebbMarsteller, Atlanta, Georgia | 2018–2022

Wild Oats & Billy Goats, Decatur, Georgia | 2021–2022

Burton Gallery, Clarkesville, Georgia | 2013–2019

Gregg Irby Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia | 2013–2018

Galerie Matilda, Roswell, Georgia | 2010–2013

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Juror, LIFE Art Show, Land of a Thousand Hills, 2015

Past memberships: Fountainhead Atelier, National Collage Society, Atlanta Collage Society, and Roswell Fine Arts Alliance