Taking a Shine to Each Other Tank Top

Watercolor painting of a saxophone and clarinet.

Jenny Armitage lives, paints, and draws in Salem Oregon. She's currently riding two horses: impressionist watercolor and surreal ink. Jenny's watercolors are about light and shadow patterns. She's most interested in forest and cityscapes, where the light bounces around creating interesting light patterns. These paintings begin with a pattern of light seen in the real world. Her ink drawings are illustrative of ideas. She has a thought and seeks to translate it to paper. Unlike her watercolors, the image begins with thought, not sight. The result is less painterly and more illustrative. Her recent watercolor goddess series straddles these two ideas. The paintings begin with an idea, but the execution is painterly and perhaps...