Jen’s love of painting began at a young age while growing up in New England. Her surroundings were filled with the richness of color; sweeping fall, the bleak quiet of winter, spring’s lush bloom, and summer’s green warmth. Inspired by her many creative family members, she was fortunate to be entirely embraced in her budding love of art throughout childhood. Jen went on to the Rhode Island School of Design where she studied Painting and Textiles. After graduating, Jen moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she began to explore painting the vast landscape and light of the Southwest. Eventually she made her way to the West Coast, where she now lives, Jen paints, teaches and works as a freelance textile designer in Seattle, Washington.