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Jennifer HoffmanJennifer Hoffman Gessler was born and raised in a Pennsylvania German family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She began drawing nearly as soon as she could hold a pencil. At the age of nine, her mother gave her a set of oil paints, and she began experimenting with landscape and portrait painting. Soon after, she took a number of her paintings and drawings to show a local artist, Evelyn Favus Richin, who kept a studio across the street from the family's home. Though Mrs. Richin did not usually teach children, she agreed to allow her to paint with the group of artists who gathered on Saturdays in the studio.Jennifer moved to Jackson, Wyoming in 1996 to focus on her interest in landscape painting. In the years since, she has been studio assistant to Scott Christensen, where she learned volumes about plein-air and studio painting, and subsequently worked the National Museum of Wildlife Art, where she was employed for over 6 years. At the Museum, she was exposed to the works of masterful painters like Carl Rungius and Bob Kuhn. She has had many chances to paint with accomplished artists. "I am amazed by the abundant opportunities to learn; I try to take advantage of all I can," she says. Click here for Jennifer's personal website. |
