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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
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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 Biography:
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The waters of Georgia's Low Country snake through the marsh grasses to shape a strangely beautiful landscape full of challenges and surprises for the landscape painter. And southern artist Jennifer Young felt an immediate affinity for it on her first outdoor painting expedition to St. Simons Island. "It's not unlike my artistic career," jokes Young, "full of twists and turns, but beautiful just the same."
Young is a Texas-born painter who now resides in Richmond, Virginia. She creates vibrant landscape oil paintings of the American south and of various scenes throughout Europe. She received her formal training in painting and art history at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. During college and after graduation, her focus was largely centered on exploring the human figure. As an art history major, Young traveled to Europe and was particularly drawn to the painters of the early Renaissance. She loved the drama and theatricality of those paintings, and sought to incorporate a similar kind of emotional impact into her own work. Her figurative paintings garnered gallery and museum shows in United States, including venues such as the Hofstra Museum and Purdue University.
But fate and life would intervene to profoundly affect her art. As Young explains in her own words, "When my father died from pancreatic cancer, I went through a great deal of introspection. Gradually I turned from painting large psychological figurative works to exploring a different kind of painting tradition--the landscape. I found myself wanting more and more to create in a way that was personally more life affirming; and the act of getting out of the studio to paint directly from nature was in the beginning a way for me to lift my own spirits. I had always been drawn to landscape paintings," she continues, "and I would occasionally experiment with them, even in my 'figurative' days. But the summer after my father died, my husband bought me a great birthday gift--my first outdoor easel. It was then that I explored the art of outdoor painting, or painting 'en plein air' in a serious way. It was exhilarating!" From that point on, Young says she was hooked on painting the landscape.
Her renewed love of landscape painting naturally led her to explore in greater depth the paintings of the French Impressionists; namely Monet, Renior, and Sisley. It has also led her on many travel adventures to Europe and to scenic places in the American South to develop fresh new ideas for her paintings. She now paints on location both locally and abroad, and she also works in her studio, located in Richmond's downtown. Though the subject matter of her paintings has changed considerably, there remain threads of continuity, such as her love of color and her desire to create strong and dynamic compositions.
Jennifer is happy to show work to visitors at Jennifer Young Studio & Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Visits can be made during the First Fridays Richmond art walks from 6 to 9 pm., and by appointment at other times. The gallery is located just two blocks east of the historic Jefferson Hotel at: 16 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.
Please call 1-877-DIAL-ART (or 804-254-1008 in Virginia) to schedule a visit.
Jennifer's work is also represented by these fine art galleries and dealers:
City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, phone: (252) 353-7000
The HILL Art Group, Vienna, VA, phone: 1-888-HILL-ART
The Little Gallery, Smith Mountain Lake, VA, phone: (540) 721-1596
Rentz Gallery, Richmond, VA, phone: (804) 358-5338
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