Jennie Sweo

jennie.sweo@gmail.com
https://jsweo.blogspot.com/

I have always been drawn to dry media instead of wet, which is challenging for someone who considers themselves an artist that paints as well as draws. Through experimentation and research, I have developed my own way of painting with paper and drawing with brush and ink. My own merger of pattern, texture, color, shape, and line to express works of art that are for the most part portraits. My portraits themselves are mergers of peoples I have met and places I have lived and traveled Russia, the Czech Republic, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, and many others. I often begin a work based on something small like the shape of an eye or the color of a scarf and before I know it, I am immersed in a story that surrounds my subject.
 
I have always thought I have the soul of an old gypsy. Originally raised in Los Angeles, California I received my Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Northridge. Wanderlust took me all over the United States and the world to live, work and study. I received my MFA in painting and Drawing from University of North Texas, Denton and my Ph.D. in Design from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. I currently find myself enjoying the Sonoran Desert, living in Tucson, Arizona.