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Hello and thank you for stopping to view my website.  I hope you enjoy looking around, please feel free to e-mail me with any questions and check back regularly as we update the site.  

All of the paintings are my originals. The paintings are done on Arches 140#  or 300# cold pressed paper unless otherwise noted.  I primarily paint with Winsor & Newton transparent watercolors.  Many of the paintings are available for purchase as is (matted only) and some are only for sale as framed.  I'd be happy to ship them to you anywhere in the USA. Please see the individual painting for details. I would be honored to have my paintings find their way into your home and heart.

Happenings

Surprise!  I know it has been a LONG time since I have posted.  Well, it has been a busy year and is getting busier everyday.  Last December my husband Darrell lost his job at Ford Motor Company.  Thankfully he is now employed with Honeywell of Phoenix, Arizona.  Yes, that means we are moving to Arizona!

 

Exhibits

Keller Williams Realty  - 12/08 - present

The Common Cup - March 1 -  March 31, 2008

My Favorite Cafe - January - March 31, 2008 

Harvest of the Arts, Saline, MI - 9/27/08

Keller Williams Realty - 2/07-8/07

Saline District Library - April 2007

Pfizer Headquarters, Ann Arbor, MI  - 12/06-2/07

Harvest of the Arts, Saline, MI - 9/16/06

Pentamere Winery, Tecumseh, MI - 8/06

My Favorite Cafe, Saline, MI - 4/1/06 - 5/31/06

Harvest of the Arts, Saline, MI  - 9/25/05

My Favorite Cafe, Saline, MI - 4/1/05-6/30/05

Sweetwater's Cafe, Saline, MI - 4/1/04-6/30/04

 

Membership

Michigan Watercolor Society

Taylor Jacobsen's Watercolor Class

 

 

Artist Profile

I was born on a snowy Christmas morning in 1963.  I am the youngest of five and we grew up in Livonia, Michigan.  I was educated at the University of Michigan as a nurse and eventually a nurse practitioner.  My husband and I were married in 1989 and then we moved to Saline. We have lived here for 17 1/2 years now and have three children.

I never received any formal education in the arts.  Most of my inspiration and “training” came to me from my home life.  My mother, a self-taught quilter and a gardener, is always in the process of creating something.  Color surrounds the inside and outside of her home.  Her talents foster a creative side of me without her even trying. 

I had always wanted to be an artist, particularly a painter.  I would sometimes find this to be an odd aspiration, due to my lack of training, but something in me told me there was ability and drive to succeed. When my three children were still young, I took a community education class in watercolor techniques.  I was immediately enamored with medium.  I continue to seek to grow in watercolor techniques and to strengthen my abilities through workshops, classes and the constructive criticism of colleagues. 

To me, being able to paint is a life long dream come true.  Through my paintings I seek to recreate some of the splendor that God has given us in creation.  Maybe it is because of the long Michigan winters with no flowers or foliage that I feel the need to put the images on paper.  The intricate patterns in leaves, the delicate petals, and fascinating shapes of nature provide me with a constant supply of subject matter to paint and express myself. 

My studio is in my Saline home surrounded by love and the hustle and bustle of a family of five.

I am so thankful to God for the ability to express myself through the fabulous world of watercolors.  May He receive all the glory!

 

 

             

  Jean working on a commission piece this winter 

   

Jean at Pentamere Winery in August with sister Mary and kids Maria, Abby and James  

 

 


 

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1136 Colony Dr.
 Saline, Michigan 48176
 U.S.A
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