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Born in
London, England and raised in Windsor, Jennifer developed an interest in
art in her early childhood. Previously a lawyer by profession, Jennifer
emigrated to the United States in 1999 giving up her legal career to pursue her love of painting on a
full-time basis.
Jennifer has an early artistic background in ink and
oil painting and now paints exclusively with pastel; she finds the vibrancy and
vitality of the pastel medium lends itself particularly well to her rendering of
light and color in her landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes.
Jennifer's love of
the natural beauty of the countryside, the vibrancy of the city and the tranquility of the
sea
is clearly reflected in her works.
Much of her inspiration is drawn from her
extensive travels across Europe, the United States, the Caribbean and the Far
East.
Jennifer has a client base in the USA, South America and
Europe, comprising both private and commercial collectors.
Jennifer
is a
Juried
Associate Member of the
Pastel Society of America
and her work has been published numerous times in The Pastel Journal, American Artist Magazine, The
Artist’s Magazine and also published online at practicalpainting.com.
Jennifer's work is frequently shown
at national juried exhibitions across the United States and in addition is
exhibited at many of the annual art shows throughout New England and Florida.
Her work can also be seen at galleries in Acton, MA and Newburyport, MA
and by appointment at her studio in Sarasota, Florida.
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Publications:
The Pastel Journal
(Article details to be advised) - August 2008
The Pastel Journal "The
21st Century Pastelist" - August 2007
The Pastel Journal "2006
Annual Art Competition Award Winners" - April 2007
The Artist's Magazine "2006
Annual Art Competition Award Winners" article - December 2006
The Artist's Magazine "Competition Spotlight
Jennifer Gardner" article - February 2006
Practical Painting "Pastels by Jennifer Gardner" article - August 2005
American Artist Magazine
Feature Article
"Pastel:
From Travel Photos to Vibrant, Engaging Paintings"
- November 2004
American Artist Magazine
Online Demonstration for "Iguana Cay, The Exuma
Islands" - September 2004
Galleries:
Powers Gallery - Acton, MA
The Walsingham
Gallery - Newburyport, MA
Awards:
Award of
Excellence (painting category) - 33rd Annual Mount Dora Art
Festival - January 2008
First Place
(painting category) - 23rd Cape Coral Festival of the Arts - January 2008
Finalist (landscape
category) - 24th Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition - December
2007
First Prize in
Pastels - Mystic, CT Art Festival - August 2007
Second Prize - Abstract Category, Annual International Pastel Journal
Competition - April 2007
Award of Merit - 48th Winter Park Art Festival, FL - March 2007
Honorable Mention
(experimental category) - 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition - December
2006
Purchase
Prize Award - DeLand, FL Fall Festival of the Arts - November 2006
Patron
Choice Award - DeLand, FL Fall Festival of the Arts - November 2006
Honorable
Mention - 49th Annual Art Festival, Mystic, CT -
August 2006
Finalist (landscape
category) - 23rd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition - December
2006
Mabon J. Childs Memorial Award (see
Judge's comments) - The Arts Guild of Old Forge, NY - June 2006
Finalist
(landscape category) - 22nd Annual Artist's Magazine Art
Competition - December 2005
Finalist
(experimental category) - 22nd Annual Artist's Magazine Art Competition -
December
2005
Art Hahn
Memorial Purchase Prize Award - WCSH6 Sidewalk Art Festival, Portland, ME - August
2005
First in Show - Ogunquit Chamber Art Show, Ogunquit, ME - August 2005
Third Prize - Greeley Park Art Show,
Nashua, NH - August 2005
First Runner-Up Prize -
10th Annual Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Exhibition,
Chatham, MA - August 2005
Second
Prize - Annual Art in the Park, Andover, MA
- September
2004
First
Prize - Annual Art in the Park,
Nashua, NH - August 2004
Merit Award -
Pastel
Society of America 2004 Invitational Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, FL -
April 2004
Second Prize - Annual Art in the Park Festival,
Manchester, NH - September 2003
Purchase Prize Award
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Annual Art in the Park Festival, South Portland, ME - August 2003
Second
Prize - Carlyle Place Art Show,
Bedford, NH - June 2003
Merit Award - Pastel Painters of Maine, National
Juried Art Exhibition - May/June 2003
Second Prize - Cedar Key Arts Center, FL, National
Juried Art Exhibition - March 2003
Honorable Mention - Andover, MA, Art in the Park
- September 2002
Purchase Prize Award
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Annual Saco Sidewalk Art Festival, ME - June 2002
First Prize
- Peabody Mill Environmental Center, Amherst, NH -
April 2002
Honorary Mention
- Peabody Mill Environmental Center, Amherst NH - April 2002
Third
Prize - Manchester Art in the Park, NH
- September 2001
National Juried Exhibitions:
"8th
Biennial National Exhibition", Pastel Society of North Florida - Pastels
2006, Niceville, FL - September/October 2006
"Northeast
National Pastel Exhibition", Arts Guild of Old Forge, Old Forge, NY -
June/July 2006
"National
Art Exhibit", Charlotte County Art Guild, Inc. Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL - February/March 2006
"For
Pastels Only, on Cape Cod", 10th Annual Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Exhibition,
Creative Arts Center,
Chatham, MA - August 2005
"Art Association of Harrisburg's 77th Annual
Juried Exhibition", Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA - May/June
2005
"Cedar Key Arts Center National
Juried Art Exhibition", Cedar Key FL - March
2005
"For
Pastels Only, on Cape Cod", 9th Annual Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Exhibition,
Creative Arts Center,
Chatham, MA - August 2004
"10th Annual
National Juried Pastel Competition", La Fond Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA - May/June
2004
"Pastel
Painters of Maine 5th Annual Juried Open Exhibition", River Tree Center for the
Arts, Kennebunk, ME - June 2004
"Art Association of Harrisburg's 76th Annual
Juried Exhibition", Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA - May/June
2004
"Pastel Society of America Invitational
Exhibition",
Dunedin Fine
Art Center, Dunedin, FL - March/April 2004
"Private Views: Places, Faces and Figures",
Pastel Society of America 2nd Annual Curator Series Exhibition, National Arts
Club, New York City, NY - December 2003
"Renaissance in Pastel", Connecticut Pastel
Society 10th Annual National Exhibition, Saltbox/Clubhouse Galleries, West Hartford, CT - October/November 2003
"For Pastels Only, on Cape Cod",
8th Annual Pastel
Painters Society of Cape Cod,
Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA -
August/September 2003
"Pastels Only", Pastel Painters of Maine
4th Annual Juried Open Exhibition, River Tree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME - May/June 2003
"Cedar Key Arts Center National
Juried Art Exhibition", Cedar Key FL - March
2003
Juried Exhibitions:
New Hampshire Art Association, "19th
Annual Omer T. Lassonde Memorial Juried Exhibition 2005", Robert Lincoln Levy
Gallery, Portsmouth, NH - May/June 2005
New Hampshire Art Association, "57th Annual NHAA Currier Museum Exhibition 2005",
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH -
January/February 2005
New Hampshire Art Association, "18th
Annual Omer T. Lassonde Memorial Juried Exhibition 2004", Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH - April/June 2004
New Hampshire Art Association, "56th Annual
NHAA Currier Museum Exhibition 2004",
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH -
February/March 2004
New Hampshire Art Association, "Fourth Annual
Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Exhibition", Robert Lincoln
Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH - October 2003
"Annual Member's Fall Juried Show", Sargent
Gallery, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA - October 2003
Currier Museum of Art, "Third Gala
Auction", Manchester, NH - 2003
Juried Memberships:
Juried Associate Member of the Pastel Society of
America (PSA) - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Member of the New Hampshire Art Association
(NHAA) - 2003, 2004, 2005
Memberships:
Manchester Artists Association -
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Nashua Artists Association - 2003, 2004, 2005
Newburyport Artists Association - 2003, 2004,
2005
Pastel Society of Cape Cod - 2003, 2004, 2005
Sharon Arts Center - 2002, 2003
Southwest Florida Pastel Society -
2005, 2006, 2007
Juried Art Shows:
Boca Raton - Boca Raton Museum of
Art Outdoor Juried Art Festival - 2008
Bonita Springs, FL - Annual National
Art Festival - 2007, 2008
Cape Coral, FL - Cape Coral Festival
of the Arts - 2008
Delray Beach, FL - Annual Downtown
Thanksgiving Art Fest - 2006
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Las Olas
Art Fair - 2008
Gasparilla, FL - Annual Festival
of the Arts - 2007
Jupiter-Juno Beach, FL - Annual
Art Fest by the Sea - 2007, 2008
Miami, FL - Annual St. Stephens
Outdoor Juried Art and Fine Craft Show - 2008
Mount Dora, FL - Mount Dora Art
Festival - 2008
Mystic, CT - Annual Mystic Outdoor
Art Festival - 2005, 2006, 2007
Naples, FL - Naples Invitational Art
Fest - 2007
Naples, FL - Naples National Art Festival
- 2008
Naples, FL - Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts
- 2008
Sarasota, FL - Annual Downtown
Sarasota Festival of the Arts - 2007
Sarasota, FL - Annual St.
Armands Art Festival - 2008
Tampa, FL - Annual Old Hyde Park
Village Art Festival - 2006, 2007
Venice, FL - Annual Downtown Venice
Art Classic - 2006
Venice, FL - Annual Art Fest - 2006
Westport, CT - Annual Outdoor Fine
Art Festival - 2007
Wickford, RI - Annual Wickford Art
Festival - 2005, 2006, 2007
Winter Park, FL - Annual Winter Park
Sidewalk Art Festival - 2007
Art Shows:
Amherst, NH - Annual 4th July Art Show on the
Green - 2004, 2005
Amherst, NH - Peabody Mill
Environmental Center - 2002
Andover, MA - Andover Art in
the Park - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Bedford, NH - Carlyle Place Art Show - 2003
Bedford, NH - MAA Spring Art Show, Bedford
Mall - 2004
Cape Elizabeth, ME - Labor Day Weekend Art Show
- 2003, 2004, 2005
Manchester, NH - Manchester Artists
Association Annual Art in the Park - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Milford, NH - Annual Keyes Art Show at Milford
Oval - 2002, 2004, 2005
Narragansett, RI - Narragansett Art Festival -
2003, 2004
Nashua, NH - Annual Downtown
Nashua Art Festival - 2001
Nashua, NH - Annual Art in the Park at Greeley
Park - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Nashua, NH - Harbor Homes Benefit
Art Auction - 2002
Newburyport, MA - Annual Art on
Bartlett Mall show - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Ogunquit, ME - Sidewalk Art Show - 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007
Portland, ME - Annual WCSH6 Sidewalk Art
Festival - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Saco, ME - Annual Saco
Sidewalk Art Festival - 2002, 2003
South Portland, ME - Annual Art in the Park
Festival - 2002, 2003, 2004
Exhibitions and Demonstrations:
Anderson-Soule Gallery, "Artful
Environs" Exhibition, Concord, NH - November 2005 to January 2006
Powers Gallery, "Pastel Show",
Acton, MA - August 2005
Maison de l'Art, "Solo exhibition",
Nashua, NH - May 2005
Art 3 Gallery, "Fresh Air",
Manchester, NH - April 2005 to May 2005
Art 3 Gallery, "Seasons and
Settings", Manchester, NH - November 2004 to January 2005
Newburyport Art Association "2004
Holiday Art Show" - November/December 2004
Newburyport Art Association "2004
Small 12" x 12" Art Show" - November 2004
Bilancia Gallery, "Feature Artist for
November 2004", Nashua, NH - November 2004
Bilancia Gallery, "Feature Artist for May 2004", Nashua, NH -
May 2004
Art 3 Gallery, "Hour by Hour", Manchester, NH - April 2004 to
May 2004
Art 3 Gallery, "Seeing Red", Manchester, NH - December 2003
to February 2004
The 70th Annual League of New Hampshire
Craftsmen, Craftsmen's Fair, Pastel Demonstration for
New Hampshire Artist Association, Mount
Sunapee Resort, NH - August 2003
EW Poore Art Studio, Annual Student Art Show - May 2003
Sharon Arts Center Members Gallery, Sharon NH
- January/February 2003
Art 3 Gallery "Small Works", Manchester NH - November 2002 to
January 2003
East Colony Fine Art Gallery, Manchester NH - Guest Artist,
November 2002
Art 3 Gallery "Waterworks", Manchester NH - June to
August 2002
Art 3 Gallery "Lighten up", Manchester NH - March
to June 2002
Amherst Library, Amherst
NH - March 2002
Sharon Arts Center Members Gallery,
Sharon NH - January to February 2002
Corporate Collections:
Marietta Museum of Art, Guilford, CT
WCSH6, Portland, ME
Saco City Hall, Saco, ME
WestBridge, Inc. Boston, MA
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