the Florida Artists Group member Jen Walls

Area I Member

Jen Walls— Mixed Media

Echo
30 x 22

My Fine Feathered Friend
12 x 12

Leola
24 x 18

Sowing Hope
24 x 18

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Member of Flag since: 2018

FLAG Positions Served:

Artists Bio/Artist Statement

Mixed-media artist and mark-maker Jen Walls is often inspired by mythology, folklore and stories of indigenous peoples. Self-taught, her art is the result of disciplined studio time, a regimen of exploratory and experimental projects and a good dose of magic. Her whimsical characters invite the viewer to explore the transformative nature of fairytales…entering the woods at night, conquering our fears and emerging on the other side as stronger, more compassionate versions of ourselves.

Jen considers storytelling to be the primary finishing medium in art, and provides an introspective blog piece for each painting. Her workshops explore personal storytelling and archetypes in art, along with a bit of quirky whimsy.

Her first collaborative book, Blue Wild, was published in 2016, and features paintings “illustrated” by the haiku poetry of kindred spirit and writer Mary W. Cox.

An advocate for doodling in the classroom, the waiting room and the board room, she lives in Florida with her husband, son and assorted mischievous wildlife.

Education:

Self-taught mixed media artist with a focus in naive and whimsical art and abstraction. Education
consists of disciplined studio time, experimentation, workshops and individual mentoring with artists in
multiple disciplines.

Exhibitions:

2017
Bread and Roses Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery
Unleashed Ciel Gallery
Mug Shots Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery
Lazy Days City of Boca Raton at Sugar Sand Park
Red Eye Untamed ArtServe
Peace by Piece Gold Coast Watercolor Society at NOVA University
The Wisdom of Wild Things (featured artist) Ciel Gallery
Art & Soul Gallery One Fort Lauderdale
Volunteer Show Plantation Art Guild at Plantation Historical Society
Stories of Home World and Eye Gallery
Skew the Masters Ciel Gallery
Members Love Watercolor Gold Coast Watercolor Society at Sunrise Civic Center
Figurative Exhibit Delray Art League at the Chamber of Commerce
Back to the Garden Ciel Gallery
Florida Focus on Art Gold Coast Watercolor Society Juried Show
Members Show Coral Springs Artist League at Coral Springs Museum of Art
Art & Soul Broward County Featured Artist
Open Show Plantation Art Guild at Deicke Auditorium
National League of American Pen Women Exhibit Sunrise Civic Center
National League of American Pen Women Exhibit Bailey Hall Broward College
Two Faces, two person exhibit, Stirling Library
Works on Paper Ciel Gallery
100 Love Notes book launch exhibit, Ciel Gallery
National League of American Pen Women Open Show Herb Skolnick Center
National League of American Pen Women Exhibit Stirling Library
Gimme Shelter Ciel Gallery

2016
Holiday Show Coral Springs Art Guild
Blue Wild solo exhibit, ArtServe
Oh! The Places We Go! Ciel Gallery
Local Artists Vu New River Gallery
Apparently Watercolor Coral Springs Art Museum
BIG! ArtServe
CSAG Museum Lobby Show Coral Springs Art Museum
12th Annual Art Competition Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines
Collaboratus Ciel Gallery
Annual Show N.L.A.P.W., Fort Lauderdale City Hall
Art Under the Sun Coral Springs Art Guild
Through the Eyes of Women Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines
Two Faces Stirling Library
Swelter Ciel Gallery
The Nature of Women Broward County Home & Design Show
Volunteer Show Plantation Art Guild
Swimming With Watercolor Gold Coast Watercolor Society
What’s Modern Now Ciel Gallery
Back to the Garden Ciel Gallery
Open Show Plantation Art Guild
Juried Exhibit National League of American Pen Women
Inspired Coral Springs Museum of Art
Little: Big Ciel Gallery
Story Tellers Ciel Gallery
My Life as a Dog Ciel Gallery

2015
Collaboratus Ciel Gallery
Workshop Show Plantation Art Guild
Taking What it Gives You Galleria Gilda
Beach Party Ciel Gallery (one of four artists represented)
Skew the Masters Ciel Gallery
Back to the Garden Ciel Gallery
Fall Show Plantation Art Guild
Animal Planet Ciel Gallery

2014
Mark My Words: Symbolism and TEXTure (solo show) Ciel Gallery
Outside the Lines Ciel Gallery
Tree Party Ciel Gallery
Member Showcase Ciel Gallery
Time Collectors Ciel Gallery

Commercial Exhibit:

Hanes Concept Store, Legs Project, Charlotte, NC (ongoing)

Publications:

Peace by Piece water media show poster art, June 2017
Art & Soul event invitation art, April 2017
100LoveNotes contributing illustrator, November 2016
Blue Wild with co-author Mary W. Cox November 2016
Zen Doodle Workshop Magazine, Fall 2016
Six Hens Online Magazine, Cover, March 2016
Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine, Fall 2014

Demonstration:

2017 Weston Art Guild
Florida Watercolor Society Annual Convention
Coral Springs Artist Guild
Plantation Art Guild
Eagle Point Elementary School
National League of American Pen Women

Teaching:

2017
Wild Child ArtServe
Wild Child Ciel Gallery
Twisted Chickens National League of American Pen Women
Earth Mother & Shaman Ciel Gallery
It’s Good to Be Queen Plantation Art Guild
Stamp Carving Mania Plantation Art Guild

2016
Tangled Trees Plantation Art Guild
Hare-Do! Ciel Gallery
Finish What You Started Ciel Gallery
Tangled Trees Ciel Gallery
Hedgehogs! Ciel Gallery
Tangled & Bound Ciel Gallery
It’s Good to Be Queen Ciel Gallery
Twisted Chickens Olive Stack Gallery
Tangled Botanicals Olive Stack Gallery
Queen Margaret Painting the Park

2015
Tangled Botanicals Ciel Gallery
Making Your Mark Ciel Gallery
Twisted Chickens Ciel Gallery
Say-Say My Playmate Ciel Gallery
Private Instruction, Matthews, NC

Awards:

Best Collaboration, “Cahoots”, Gold Coast Watercolor Society
Special Merit, “Yertle, Myrtle & Bob”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Honorable Mention, “Wyatt Was No Wallflower”, Coral Springs Artist Guild
Special Merit, “The XY Conundrum”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Honorable Mention, “Wild Divine Child”, Plantation Art Guild
Honorable Mention, “Chasing Windrows”, National League of American Pen Women
Special Merit, “Reverberation”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Special Merit, “My Dear Old Friend”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Honorable Mention, “Beach Walkers 2”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Merit Award, “Donald”. CSAG Art Serve Show
Special Merit, “Satori”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Special Merit, “Medicine Woman”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Special Recognition, “Donald”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Emerging Artist Award, “Portrait of the Artist Under a Full Moon”, Gold Coast Watercolor Society
Fifth Overall/Third Painting Category “Abstract Landscape VI”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Special Merit, “Elephant Dreams”, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery
Honorable Mention, “Chicks”, Plantation Art Guild
First Place, “Donald”, Galleria Gilda
Second Place, “The Night Ride”, Plantation Art Guild
Honorable Mention, “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon”, Ciel Gallery

Residencies:

Olive Stack Gallery, Listowel, Ireland August 2016
upcoming Olive Stack Gallery, Listowel, Ireland December 2017

Affiliations:

Featured Artist, Rosetti Fine Art Gallery, Wilton Manors, FL
Featured Artist, World and Eye Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Featured Artist, Nora Butler Gallery, Naples, FL
Featured Artist, Artfinder (online)
Featured Artist, Gallerique (online)
Member, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Member/Publicity, Plantation Art Guild, Plantation, FL
Member/Secretary, National League of American Pen Women, Fort Lauderdale Branch
Member, Gold Coast Watercolor Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member, Coral Springs Art Guild, Coral Springs, FL
Member, Delray Art League, Delray Beach, FL

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