Jennifer Sowders

Growing up on a ‘dead end’ road in the country; Northwest Ohio-native artist, Jennifer Sowders, grew up spending a lot of time studying nature and it’s indelible thread is noted within her painted landscapes. She holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art & Design, and is an Internationally-awarded landscape artist, with features in International Artist, American Art Collector and the Artists Magazine. She also has work in the collection of the Ohio Arts Council. Jennifer's real love for landscapes began as escapism from the dark days of Covid Lock-downs. Discovering watercolor on Yupo (a synthetic paper); and in parallel, the use of palette knives with thick acrylic paint for the first time, became two very different ways of painting lush and immersive landscapes from all her hiking references. Fall scenes in Ohio are especially captivating for her because of the rich color and the diffused quality of autumn’s light. "Parks, preserves, my rural surroundings… whether 'in the wild' or structured gardens: quiet, hidden, reflective/introspective....lush; these are now things I now look for. I am polarized by scenes that make me forget my troubles and I feel "enveloped", even if just for a moment." - Jennifer Sowders