Our Northwest landscape and its seasons have made me who I am as a painter. Fromthe desert, to the mountains, to the sea, I observe and respond to our naturalenvironments through the paint, evoking light and atmosphere through color, gesture,and subtle texture.Summoning summer’s dramatic skies over mountain silhouettes.Celebrating the Willamette Valley’s big blooms of spring and autumn color, surroundedby the veiled peaks of the Cascades.Honoring the geology along the coastlines, totems of the Oregon and Washingtoncoasts.Searching for moody sunsets and mountain reflections, misty treetops and endlesslight-kissed waters of the Puget Sound and beyond.Though I often use collected and found imagery as resources, I don’t work directly fromphotos. I rather work more intuitively after studying an idea, creating a sketch or often acollage, considering and editing concepts and designs. Or I may dive into a blankcanvas more improvisationally, responding to recent events or travels, inviting theexperience of nature to appear in the process, guiding me and informing what imagerymay evolve next, capturing “what it feels like”.My painting techniques begin with wet, stain-like washes and gestures of fluid acrylicpaints, carving out shapes and contours on the canvas, drawing out light and shadows,suggesting silhouettes. I then build up the surface, layering luminous glazes and paintmarks, adding textures, including metallic pigments to enhance the feeling of the earthsparkling in the sun or highlight the glimmer of fleeting light on a horizon. BIO:The environments in which Jeni Lee has lived and traveled have become the foundationof who she is as a painter. From a childhood spent in the coastal Sonoma Countycountryside, to Idaho’s high mountain river valleys, to finding her home in the forestsand the coastlines of the Northwest.Jeni Lee holds a Bachelor of Art in Painting and Printmaking from Portland StateUniversity and has attended artist residencies in the rich landscapes of Kauai, NewMexico, Oregon’s high desert, and the Vermont Studio Center. A working artist for over25 years, Jeni has exhibited extensively throughout the region and has work inresidential and corporate collections throughout the U.S and beyond. Jeni currently livesand works in Portland, Oregon.