Jennifer Skalecke
Artists Statement
www.jennifer-d-art.com
Born and raised in Colorado, to a family of artists, scholars, and farmers, I have been in close contact with art, farming and nature my entire life. Nature is my passion, showing the emotion in nature through art is my goal.
I began drawing at a very early age. The earliest drawing I remember is of a giraffe, I was about four years old when I created him. I was taught some tricks of the trade by family members but feel that I am mainly self taught. I began painting in acrylics in 2002 and liked the feeling and ease with which I could express myself. Red Fox was my first true painting, the result fanned my passion for creating more art and experimenting in new techniques. I still enjoy drawing and the effects I am able to achieve but have found painting is very liberating. I tend to go through cycles of wanting to create with paint or by drawing, sometimes even both. I choose my subjects by the emotions they invoke in me; happiness, loneliness, yearning, etc… and strive to record those emotions in my art.
Currently, I am working on a piece entitled “The Hen” which will be in colored pencil, a landscape from Alaska also in colored pencil, and an aquarium scene in acrylic paint.
Some of my works can be viewed on the web at www.jennifer-d-art.com, at businesses, various art shows and galleries around Parker, Colorado, USA during the year of 2008. I am also available for commissions of animals, people, and landscapes.
Jennifer Skalecke
May, 2008
Jennifer's 'Red Fox' Painting will be the cover art for the June - July 2008 Longborough Opera Festival, UK
