Hi there!
I couldn't be happier to see you! I can't speak for everyone, but I know that when I stumble upon a new website, I always click over to the "About" page right away because I love to know who is behind the creative stuff I'm looking at. So here goes: I'm Jen, mom of a bunch of kids, living in Florida. As a native New Yorker, our family has lived in New Jersey (twice!), Arizona, Tennessee, and Florida, and now we've been transplanted again - during the pandemic! - even further South. Do you know how hard it is to find a moving truck during a global pandemic? I'll tell you. Very. But move we did - and in doing so, I cut my carpooling time down by 90% a week, freeing up a bunch of time to paint. When this all started, we Zoom-schooled for a while (my husband is a teacher, so he goes to school too) and I kinda walked around the house making sure everyone had their videos on and were engaged in some semblance of something vaguely related to academics, but other than that, we were extremely extremely lucky and the pandemic kind of just happened around us. We learned how to do a Target Drive-Up order and to time a supermarket order so that we might get a pick-up slot once every few weeks. We also did the whole pandemic-cliched baking of the sourdough bread (except that we've been baking sourdough bread for a few years now, so I guess we're ahead of the curve) and fermenting all the things during the year called 2020, but painting helped my pandemic-anxiety the most, and JenWiseArt was born. I have always been crafty and always loved making art, but painting was always something I shied away from. But when a friend remarked a few months into this, "I didn't know you could paint!", I had to agree with her - I didn't know either. But I am so grateful for the space to have started, and now I can't imagine doing anything else. I'm also so very lucky because I get to be art teacher at the Chicken Coop Club, a membership site for kids featuring art classes that can be done at home, anytime! As an art teacher, I am way more interested in process art than everyone-make-the-same-project art. As an artist, I believe that everyone should be able to surround themselves with beautiful colors and ideas, and that they should be available at all the price points so that anyone can afford to smile when they look at the walls of their home. And that's why you won't find exceptionally priced artwork costing thousands - or even many hundreds - of dollars here. Just pretty stuff, in all sizes, made from the heart, and infused with loving and positive thoughts as I paint each one. I'd love to be in touch to talk art, or whatever else - I can be reached at [email protected] or you can find me on Instagram @JenWiseArt. Warmly, Jen |
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