Jen has something else and it’s that thing that art has. It’s something unquantifiable. It moves us in a way we didn’t know we could be moved and it opens up a whole new way of seeing the world and that is quite remarkable for an artist to be able to do that
Tai-Shan Schierenberg, Judge, Sky Landscape Artist of the Year
Originally from Kent, Jen (b. 1972) trained as an Occupational Therapist, a proffession she has worked in since 1997. She has now returned to her first love, painting.
Jen’s relationship with painting spans 35 years, from painting large oil works whilst at school, winning Sky Landscape Artist of the Year in 2018 and now exhibiting widely.
I have a love of paint and an underlying need to create and explore visually.
The following themes and ideas fascinate me: how landscapes act as psychological territory; the fragility and oddities of human beings; humans beings as human doings; engagement and disengagement in activities; abandoned play and leisure environments.
I enjoy exploring and creating landscapes, based on real and imagined places. I love the way that paint behaves and can create new possibilities through its own properties.
Recently I have enjoyed working back into old landscapes and paintings and seeing what emerges through the destruction of the old image. Creation and destruction go hand in hand
I work in oils and acrylics embracing both large work and small.
Jen works from her studio in South Gloucestershire. Since winning Landscape Artist of the Year, 2018, she has exhibited in London and nationally. Jen’s work can be found in collections around the world and the Imperial War Museum holds one of her paintings in their permanent collection.
Jen is also a published author.
We are delighted that Jen has been a gallery artist since her successful show at Silson Contemporary, Winter, 2022. We have long been admirers of her fantastically ethereal, dreamlike paintings.
