About

 Biography

Jen attended Sheridan's BAA Illustration program before emerging into the Toronto commercial artist community in the early 2010's. Her work explores themes of loneliness, nature, and childlike forms that feel intuitive and unrefined. Using art as a form of meditation, the high contrast draws in your attention to a focus and the eye gets lost and softened in the curved forms an d soft gradients. The artwork is intended to create a similar emotion to witnessing an illusive animal in nature where all you can do is watch quietly with wonder; taking you out of your human experience and leaving you feeling part of a larger picture. Her dreams also serve as a major source of inspiration and she has kept journals for years which have been interpreted in many of her works. 

Jen's influences range greatly from Inuit & Haida artwork (which her Dad collected throughout her childhood), Hayao Miyazaki, Maud Lewis, Maurice Sendak, Marcel Dzama, Christopher Davidson, mid century modernist design, Strawberry Hill pottery, Scandinavian folk art, and all forms of folk & primitive art across the globe. Her parents shared their love for nature, animals, camping and craftwork growing up which has led her to question what the human experience should really be, often questioning why our societies live so differently than generations ago being so disconnected from nature and ignoring preservation efforts for our children's generations. Folk art represents a more natural human experience and is something that needs to be preserved for us to all feel connected.