Hello! My name is Jennifer and I am a painter based in Trumansburg, NY. I have a background in fine art and illustration, and particularly love when these two realms overlap. My work is mostly in watercolor, gouache and oils.
I studied fine arts at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA. Now I teach adults and paint, sometimes at home, and sometimes at plein air festivals.
My work can be found at Spectrum Gallery, Centerbrook, CT, Yates County Arts Center, Penn Yan, NY, and Tupper Arts, Tupper Lake, NY. I sell prints on INPRNT, and originals soon via this site. Write to me about commissions or collaborating together at illustrationjennifer@gmail.com
Exhibitions and Plein Air Events
Maine Fest Paint-out, Maine, NY, September 9, 2023, 2nd Place
River Towns Plein Air Festival, Marietta, PA, April 12 - 23, 2023
Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, NY, October 10 - 15, 2022
River Towns Plein Air, Marietta, PA, April 18 - May 1, 2022, 2nd Place, Quick Draw
Imagine Gallery First Friday Exhibit, Skaneateles, NY, August 2021
Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, NY, October 8 - 13, 2020
Adirondack Plein Air Festival, Adirondack Park, NY, July 30 - August 19, 2020
Be Still in Haste: Landscapes from the Night and Day Collective, CAP ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY, March 5 - 30, 2020
Chadds Ford Plein Air Festival, Chadds Ford, PA, February 7-8, 2020
Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, NY, October 8 -13, 2019
The Finger Lakes: A Sense of Place, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY, September 2019
Art by the Lake, Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown, NY, August 17, 2019
Morristown Plein Air Festival, Morristown, NY, August 1 - 4, 2019, 3rd Place
Green Mountain Watercolor Exhibit Juried Show, Valley Arts, Waitsfield, VT, June 16 - July 21, 2019
Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival, Montgomery, NY, October 10 - 14, 2018, 2nd Place Quick Draw
Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 14 - 17, 2018
Paul Smith's VIC Paint-Out, Saranac Lake, NY, August 2017
Finger Lakes Community Paint-Out, Canandaigua, NY, June 10, 2017, 3rd Place
Eastern Frontier Artist Residency, Norton Island, ME, July 2016
Yates County Arts Council Annual Juried Show: Painting, Penn Yan, NY, 2015
Main Street Arts Small Works Juried Show: Painting, Clifton Springs, NY, 2015
Shakespeare and Friends, Bundy Museum of History and Art, Binghamton, NY, 2015
Illustrator Show, Artist Resource Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2015
Character Studies, Buffalo Street Books, Ithaca, NY, 2014
Publications
805 Literary Magazine, 2017: “Chris” (illustration)
Children and Libraries, 2016: Text Optional: Visual Storytelling with Wordless Picture Books (text)
CALYX Journal, 2016: “The Wild Swans,” “Magical Mustache” (illustration)
Sandy River Review, 2015: “1890” (illustration)
Park Slope Reader, 2015: “Cafe Pig” (illustration)
Education
Bachelor of Humanities and Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon