Artist Biography of Jennifer Stottle Taylor

Jennifer started drawing cartoon characters of people, horses, dogs and cats when she was in grade school in order to entertain her friends. Her mother recognized her talent and sent her a couple of summers to an art school in Huntsville Alabama, learning perspective drawing. She sold her first painting to her 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Ruth Wright, for $5. She quit drawing in 1987 after several conflicts with Art teachers, and graduated with a Marketing Degree, but after a long sabbatical from holding a pencil to produce art she picked it up again in 2001. Her love for animals and people has developed into an art expression where she concentrates on exposing their souls through their expressive eyes. Her life long avid admiration of Dutch and Flemish painters has influenced her oil paintings as she aspires to be a contemporary master of portrait painting, Jennifer went to New York in 2010 to study with Daniel Greene. She learned how to mix colors and apply tonal values as Daniel Greene teaches. Still desiring more from her work she has been a student of Igor Babailov and Casey Baugh. The struggle for perfection and unique compositions drives her to be a constant learner of the face and features of all creatures.

Jennifer took two years of acrylic lessons from Barbara Miller in Huntsville, Alabama in 2001-2002. She has been under the direction of Monique Givens 2005 for a season at UAH. She also has studied in casting sculpture with Everett Cox, cold and hot metal working with Connie Ulrich, and continues educating herself through self-study.

Jennifer has won several awards for pencil, oil and acrylic paintings in Alabama, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. Her artwork hangs worldwide, Germany, Amsterdam, across the United States.

Jennifer is a full time artist and loves to spend some of her time inspiring others by teaching them to see the world differently, and create their own unique style of art. As a self-taught Graphic Designer, her art has branched into a medium she calls "Digital Art". Jennifer contributes her success and talent to God and is grateful for Him giving her the ability to see beyond the surface.