Jennifer Kwon
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Live in harmony with nature
Jennifer Kwon
Passionate wildlife artist
Artist Biography
Jennifer Kwon is a computer science engineer by education and a passionate wildlife artist by heart. She is an emerging artist who lives in the Pacific Northwest where she draws an inspiration from the nature around her. She illustrates and shares the harmony in nature and the peaceful life of wildlife through her paintings.
Her talent in art was first noticed by her kindergarten teacher from a portrait of her teacher which she painted. After her family immigrated to the United States of America during her 7th grade, she excelled in art and joined high school students to participate in an experimental project at the Smithsonian Institute for art students and exhibited her work in there. During her high school year, her family moved to Ohio state. Shortly after she moved to a new town, she entered an art contest hosted by Columbus daily newspaper and won a first place to her surprise. With an encouragement from her parents, she enrolled in Art Instruction School to learn art by mail, while she also studied computer science in a school of engineering at Ohio State University.
After many years have passed while going to work and raising a family, she started to paint and freelanced as “JKPGALLERY” artist. She is and has been the president of Harmony of Color for over a decade since 2009. As president of Harmony of Color, she regularly meets with members at her home and recently started meeting at other member’s home (Atelier) to paint together. She has started serving as a vice-president during year 2013-2014 then as president of the KAAW (Korean American Artists Association of Washington State) during year 2015 -2016. She continues to participate as an active member of KAAW.
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Artist Statement
“Painting is therapy and Art brings a balance in our everyday lives”
Nature is a foundation and an essence of my artwork. I am astonished by the panoramic view of nature and the transformation in all life form in the wild. Seeing or imagining them gives me an aspiration to draw and paint. I found beauty when I see layers of mountains covered in misty blankets of cloud, or panoramic view of fields with all the surrounding nature and animals.
If you take a moment to observe, there are countless activities all around us in nature shouting out “I am alive”, like changing activities near the sea side, or transformation of fruits from the flowers blossom.
Through my paintings, I want to expose and display the peaceful heaven and the spirit that I experienced from these scenes. I enjoy painting wildlife pieces while I imagine a fairy tale stories. I like to illustrate a story with the images of wild animals with an affection between the mother and her cubs, or offspring.
Most of my paintings are centered around a family life and the peaceful air. Pondering on the memory of joyful days and while imagining a human like interaction of wild animals bring me to a time of happiness and tranquility in my own life.
With my paintings, I want to offer the warm and joyful atmosphere and hope that my viewers can experience the moment of surreal dream as I express the harmony and the humor in the wildlife.