Aged five Jenni drew a giant rabbit at school and her parents were called in…
“ Your child is going to be an artist!” Mrs Gilmartin 1988
Jenni now works full time from her studio in Norwich and with a degree in Illustration from Loughborough University; Jenni is still creating work that causes a stir. Instantly recognisable thanks to its dreamlike qualities. Her light, harmonious brushstrokes, deep colours and distortion of scale work to create intimate worlds where people are little more than a centimetre high.
Dominated by beautiful creatures and motifs or the landscape itself, the figures are full of movement and emotion. They are fun, gentle and never alone, often accompanied by a little dog. Working in acrylic on panel that has been under painted in order to intensify the colours, she slowly builds up the layers, until they evoke a sense of wonder and magic.
