Artist Information:
Jennifer Young
Richmond, VA
United States
Member Since: Aug 2001
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Artist Statement:
My adventure into the realm of
landscape painting has been at
once incredibly inspiring and
humbling. With nature as my
teacher and my constant
companion, I delight in
observing her play of light
and shadow, the colors of her
skies, and the softness and
depth of her atmosphere. I am
humbled by her complexities
and utter beauty. The more I
paint in nature, the more I
learn to hone my skills of
observation. True sight,
really looking, is, for me,
the greatest challenge of
landscape painting.
I know I could never duplicate
all of those complexities in a
single painting--or a hundred
paintings, for that matter.
But I revel in being able to
suggest them, hint at them. I
paint my responses to land
before me, which are largely
those of joy and awe.
I admit I am hooked on color,
so I am constantly in pursuit
of warm sunny places that
foster gardens and flowers. I
also love the mellower, more
subtle colors of mountain
streams and distant hills, as
well as the seas cutting into
grassy marshes. These pursuits
have taken me to some
beautiful places; France,
Italy, the Blue Ridge
mountains, and the low country
of ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
May 5 - 31, 2001 - One person
exhibition at the Eastern
Shore Art Center, Woolley
Gallery, Fairhope, Alabama.
November 1 - 30, 2000 - One
person exhibition at Purdue
University Calumet, Hammond,
IN
March 29 - May 19, 2000: Group
exhibition, "New Works by
Sigrid Burton, Rosenfeld, and
Jennifer Young", Hofstra
Museum, Hempstead, NY
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Artist Galleries:
Art Source Gallery, Raleigh,
North Carolina
City Art Gallery, Greenville,
North Carolina
Greystone Gallery, Cambria,
California
The Left Bank Gallery, St.
Simons, Georgia
The Little Gallery, Smith
Mountain Lake, Virginia
Noli Design, Cold Spring
Harbor, NY
Redwing Fine Art Gallery,
Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts
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Jennifer Young's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jennifer Young's Portfolio. Browse Young's body of work: My adventure into the realm of landscape painting has been at once incredibly inspiring and humbling. With nature as my teacher and my constant companion, I delight in observing her play of light and shadow, the colors of her skies, and the softness and depth of her atmosphere. I am humbled by her complexities and utter beauty. The more I paint in nature, the more I learn to hone my skills of observation. True sight, really looking, is, for me, the greatest challenge of landscape painting.
I know I could never duplicate all of those complexities in a single painting--... |
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