“Painting has long seemed to me a natural thing to attempt,
a means of experiencing the life of what I see.

My paintings are a way to be still, and to look.
Both for myself and, I hope, for the viewer."


Influences and Inspiration

Sherry Camhy, Rockland Center for the Arts, and The Art Students League of New York
John Philip Osborne, Ridgewood Art Institute
Mary Anna Goetz, Woodstock School of Art
Ric Del Rossi, Rockland Center for the Arts, and The Art Students League of New York


Memberships

Oil Painters of America
Emmons Cottage Gallery, co-op Gallery featuring local artists.
      Located in the Gardens of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Ormond, FL
Plein Air Florida
American Impressionist Society
Plein Air Artists of Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine Art Association
Rockland Center for the Arts
Ridgewood Art Institute


Recent and Upcoming Events

7th Annual ArtistsRegistry.com Members Juried Exhibition -- hosted by the Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, Florida.

2012 Third Annual Winter Park Paint-out, juried paint-out hosted by The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park, Florida. April 22 through April 28.

"A Grand Affair", holiday show to be held at Eileen Corse Gallery and Atelier in Jacksonville, Florida. A holiday show featuring works by gallery and several guest artists. November 4 through December 23.

Painting the Region – a 5-day juried plein air art event to benefit the North Florida Land Trust and Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. October 3-8, 2011.

Florida Women’s Arts Association juried exhibition, Rose Room Gallery at the Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, Florida, June 2011.

Fantastic Florida exhibit, December 2010, juried exhibit at St. Augustine Art Association.

"The Judith Ryan Williams Memorial Nature and Wildlife Fine Art Regional Art Exhibition" – juried exhibition, July and August, 2010, St. Augustine Art Association.

Featured artist at Metropolitan Gallery, Ormond, Florida, April 2010. A showcase of Jessie’s recent still life paintings.

“Impressions” – group show at Creative Spirit Gallery, Orlando, Florida

"Celebrating Green" – group show at the Casements Cultural Center, Ormond, Florida

"Celebrating Citrus" – juried group exhibition at the Comma Gallery in Orlando, Florida

World Tour – juried exhibition of noted contemporary landscape artists from around the globe.
Terrace Gallery, Orlando, FL

"From There to Here" – The Emmons Cottage Gallery Co-op Artists group show at The Gallery at Metro, Orlando, FL

Crescent Beach Paint Out and Exhibition.
One of thirty Florida plein air artists painting on location in and around Crescent Beach, Anastasia Island, and St. Augustine, FL. Sponsored by Island Fine Arts, Crescent Beach, FL

Central Florida Plein Air – group show, The Gallery at Metro, Orlando, FL

"Far and Near Horizons" – juried into World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists
sponsored by Landscape Artists International and by International Plein Air Painters

A Starry Starry Night – “Sunrise/Sunset” themed show, ECPA painters
The Casements Cultural Center – Ormond Beach, FL

Cover artist, January/February issue of Gage Publishing's Halifax Magazine

Gallery of Local Artists, Flagler Beach, FL.
Featured Artist

Please email me with comments or questions. Some of the art on my website is available, some is in private collections. And there is always new art lining my studio.
Jessie@jessiefineart.com


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