When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'
-Erma Bombeck
Jennifer is an artist who, although has been a creative spirit for most of her life, found her artistic voice following the birth of her second child when she resigned from her profession as a paralegal. Thereafter, her days were spent in "mommyhood" and knee-deep in creative play. Soon, she found the artistic spark to create meaningful works of art to embrace the love of family and to celebrate the soul of a woman.
Since that time, Jennifer has explored different media of art, including acrylics, glasswork enamels, jewelry design, photography, among other passions like twinkle lights & home decor :) Her work has been commissioned across the country and even ventured to Japan. Many of her commissioned pieces include family trees & home portraits.
She has also volunteered her time when she created and managed a summer reading & art workshop, called Friends in the Park Book Club, which ran for five years with a group of 13 girls. This group collectively explored various forms of art, including acrylics, oil pastels, poetry, illustration, plus many more. Each summer closed with a community service effort to raise funds for local charities. The final year the girls put together a collection of short stories and illustrations, which were published and sold with all proceeds benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This labor of love will forever be a cherished time in her life.
Jennifer's work is currently featured at The Canvas Art & Gift Shop, in Freeport, Pennsylvania, alongside a number of extremely talented artisans that range from oil paintings to pottery and jewelry to metalwork, and everything in between. Over the last five years, Jennifer has established her own business of art workshops; Girls Night Out Workshops and Creative Kids & Artsy Teen Workshops- - both to inspire creativity to bloom within the heart of each student (and only one to toast to that same creativity!).
To learn more about Jennifer and view more examples of her work, please feel free to stop by her blog, All Roads Lead Home.
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