Jessica's
career in art seemed to start early in life. Born in Oklahoma, one of seven
children, she began drawing horses, nature and wildlife. Her teachers realized
her love for drawing and encouraged her family to give her art lessons. She
began taking sculpting and drawing at the age of ten. After high school, she
received a scholarship to Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and it was
there that she knew her life's career would be in art. After graduating she
moved to Chicago where she enrolled at The Art Institute and later The American
Academy of Art.
Realizing that making a living in art would be a difficult challenge, she decided
to explore the possibilities of commercial art, which brought her to the Los
Angeles area and The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena After leaving
The Art Center, she free-lanced in the commercial field for nine years. Opening
a studio on Sunset Blvd. and forming her own company, JD Productions, she was
commissioned by such companies as CBS, NBC, FOX, KFI Radio, Paramount and Warner
Bros. creating album covers, movie posters and commercial advertising.
"Commercial art was a great foundation for me, but my heart was calling
me back to the mountains." Leaving Los Angeles, she relocated to Vail,
Colorado and started a new company, Art-A-Tack, that specialized in hand-painted
fabrics. After five successful years and a lot of thought she decide to go back
to her passion - fine art. Over the last two years she has studied fine art
in Northern Italy.
Jessica's focus is people, and animals where she captures the essence of charicter
and soul in her subjects. She uses oil and other medias to create textures and
evoke an emotional response from the viewer. Her flexibility of brush movement
gives life and freedom to her paintings.
Her love for people has given her the opportunity to meet and do commissioned
work for other artists such as Al Jarreau, Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks and
Lee Horsley. She is now booking commissions for 2007.