Raised in Richmond, Jen’s parents pushed her innate talent of drawing from a young age. Heavily in uenced by her grandfather’s library of personal sketchbooks, she focused on realism, gurative work and portraiture. Jen received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2001. Once working in mainly graphite & pastel, she has expanded to watercolor and acrylic in a wide range of subject matter. After a successful career in fashion, Jen now resides back in Richmond happily balancing raising