Hello, I'm Jenny
I paint the things that make me stop in my tracks.
A lion's stare. Pelicans landing in the backyard. The first coffee of the day. If it makes me feel something, it ends up on a canvas.
MY STORY
Island light, big colour and a lot of paint on the floor.
I've been creative for as long as I can remember. These days I paint from my studio on Phillip Island, and most of my work starts with noticing things: the beach, native flora, the wildlife wandering through my backyard and the way the coastal light shifts through the day.
I finished my Diploma of Visual Arts in 2002 and I've been mixing it up ever since. Acrylic, ink, watercolour and collage, often all in the one piece. I'm drawn to bold colour, close-up compositions and subjects with plenty of character, whether that's a lion staring you down, a much-loved family dog or a bowl of lemons.
Zambia, and Through My Lens
In 2023 and 2024 I raised $16,000 for The Hunger Project through sip and paint workshops and art auctions. Then I travelled to Zambia to meet the communities and see the work first-hand. I came home with a camera full of photos: the welcome songs and dancing, families sowing new crops, two safaris spotting animals in the wild. Painting those memories became Through My Lens, my 2025 solo exhibition at Clay & Co in Cowes.
What I'm painting now
Reflections is a series about light and colour mirrored on still water around the island. Kids gathering shells in the shallows at Smiths Beach, a pelican landing at San Remo for lunch, the Phillip Island bridge. Two of them will be hanging in the PICES Small Works Exhibition in December 2026.
Painting with you
I get just as much joy from helping other people find their creativity. Sip and paint nights, corporate team days, private groups. Relaxed, fun, and everyone goes home with a painting they're proud of.
I also created the ArtFun Community, a space for people to keep painting together between workshops. Next up is a library of online tutorials, so you can paint along with me from home. Coming soon.
Whether I'm painting someone's treasured pet, trying something new in the studio or standing in front of a room full of first-time painters, it all comes back to the same thing for me: connect, create and inspire.
Jenny
Behind the canvas
How I work
It starts with a feeling
A face, a colour, a moment. I sketch fast and loose so I don't lose it.
Then the colour goes on thick
Layer after layer, until it hums. I'd rather go too bright than too safe.
Signed, and off to you
Every original is signed JC and comes with a certificate from me.
Exhibitions and giving back
Coming up: Local Artist display at the Phillip Island information centre, September 2027.
Also on my shelf
Adult Gap Year
RECLAIMING OUR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS... HOW YOU CAN TOO!
I'm a published author too. In 2019 we packed up and travelled for a whole year, and this book is the story of that adventure: what we learnt about slowing down, getting healthy and finding our joy again, and how you can do it too.
WHERE TO FIND MY WORK
Right here, and around the island.
Originals and Mini Moments live in this shop. You'll also find my paintings on Bluethumb, and the Phillip Island Collection at local stockists.
And if you'd like to paint with me, come along to a workshop.
Recently found new homes
Sold paintings
Franklin SOLD
Norman SOLD
Feeding Time SOLD
Eucalypt Dreaming SOLDMissed one you loved? I can paint you something in the same spirit. Ask about a commission
Come and say hello
Find a painting you love, ask me about a commission, or just drop me a line. I read every message.