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Artists
Jami Jennings:
My passion for expression in art has always accompanied me through a long and varied self-designed arts education and a diverse working life. The story and images inside did not always find their way out easily and I have explored many mediums over the years.
Recently I have grown to love the tactile, sensual experience of working with thick oil paint, wax and stick mediums. The unpredictable revelations of color and gesture from developing the scraped-back textures allows the images within to come to life on their own, surprising me.
In my work, I'm trying to convey the soul and mood of a situation in time and place. I try to capture the subject uncontrived, people lost in thought or as they would be seen entering a room. Some of the paintings are part of a larger story in my mind.
Although I am not an innocent or visionary artist, I value the urgency and emotion of unplanned gesture driven by a subconscious response to a subject. Most of my paintings are unplanned, from impressions of and responses to people, objects and situations or places I have seen in the past or imagined in dreams.
Resident, Sonoma Valley 15 years
Education:
B.A. studies - Institute of Design at IIT, Columbia College, Mundelein College, Chicago.
Additional courses at Art Institute of Chicago and the Academy of Art.
Shows:
1996 and 1997 Small Works Show, California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, California
1996 Kenwood Christmas Art Show, Kenwood Vineyards, California
2003 Sonoma Creates Show, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
2004 Napa Valley Mustard Festival Fine Art Competition
Galleries:
Quercia Gallery, Duncan Mills, California
Sticks and Stones Gallery, Seattle, Washington
For more information please visit www.jjenningsart.com
Telephone: 415-651-1811 Facsimile: 415-621-7407Address: 2789 25th Street, Suite 2028, San Francisco, CA 94110
E-mail: info@heartsinsf.com
