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Jen Sterling
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United States
• 1969
Biography
Jen Sterling basks in color.
Color has always had a profound influence on her mood. While traveling in the American southwest in the 90s with her sister, Sterling was so moved by the colors that she promptly bought paint and canvas, hoping to convey how those colors made her feel: vivid, alive, powerful. Her goal is not to capture an image, but to capture the emotion that image conjures.
Friends describe her as vibrant, passionate, and creative; those words apply to her art as well. Creating work that is fluid, that inspires energy and excitement, vitality and confidence: this gives her the greatest artistic satisfaction.
She works primarily with acrylic paint along with mixed media such as paper, fabric, wood, and plastic. She uses brushes, palette knives, her fingers… whatever is at hand. Some pieces flow forth in a matter of hours. Others are built over several weeks, evolving from fragments of imagination to energetic expressions of her experiences, dreams, or aspirations.
There is nothing bland about her work. She doesn't play it safe. Her art should ignite the same excitement she had felt when painting it. If her work helps someone start the day with a zing, stirs a fond memory, or refreshes the senses, then she has succeeded.