Professionally, I am an architect.  I used my artistic skills and creativity while attaining my degree, but while pursuing other interests and other things throughout my life, art has been a constant.  I have never, not created art.  It has only been the last few years that I have focused more of my time to creating art.
 
I am self-taught and my methods and materials are a result of trial and error.  Find an interesting pen, purchase a pretty piece of paper, notice a particular brand of colored pencil blends better than another.  I work primarily with ink and colored pencil on primed Masonite. 
 
I currently live in Downers Grove, Illinois, but I was raised in northern Wisconsin.   I only mention where I grew up because the landscape had a profound influence on my art.  As a kid, I spent a lot of time outdoors playing in the woods, picking wildflowers and riding my bike out in the countryside.  I try to capture the child’s vision of that wild, northern, wooded landscape with a playful whimsy.
 
My trees are full of intricate patterns that are interrupted and broken apart.  I like to include a sense of humor, bold colors and a lot of little details that are easy to overlook at first glance.  I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoy creating it.
 
Websites: www.artbyjennifer.online, www.snoringclown.com