Jenny Armitage

Although I am forty seven years old, I am a young artist. I have shown my polymer clay sculpture in fine art shows and galleries for just five or six years now. I learned to draw about four years ago as an aide to planning and designing my sculpture. I had always envied people who could draw, but I thought of it as something people were born knowing how to do. Some people are, just as some people seem to be born knowing how to play the piano by ear. But most people learn to play the piano through practice. That is how I learned to draw–practice, practice and more practice.

Once I started down the drawing path, I just had to learn to do a likeness. And eventually having mastered that I wanted to add color. I found colored pencils unsatisfactory. The paintings I like best are much looser than the tight traditional colored pencil drawings I’ve seen and attempted to copy. So I began to work in watercolor. Most of my favorite artists are watercolorists. So it was a natural first choice.

My first attempts were not even interesting failures. They were appalling. But I persisted. Now after painting almost daily for a year and a half, I have a body of work I want to show people.

Oh, and most of the paintings posted here are for sale. I want my work not only seen, but hung.

Contact me at jennyarmitage@dancingfeatherstudio.com.

Reach me in the brick and mortar world at:

370 Salem Height Ave. S.
Salem, Oregon 97302

503-363-4711

Grandma Braid (one of my first successful watercolors)