Jennifer Beedon Snow
Born in Cincinnati, OH, Jennifer Beedon Snow holds a BFA in painting and graphic design from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Her work can be found in many public and private collections, including the City of Seattle, 4Culture Harborview Medical Center collection.
Seattle artist Jennifer Beedon Snow is a regular solo exhibitor at Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle. In addition, her oil-on-wood paintings have been shown at many well-known Seattle venues, including Gage Academy of Art, Gulassa & Company and the Center on Contemporary Art. Her work appears in the Swedish Medical Center Collection and the King County Public Art Collection, both in Seattle, WA, and has received a King County Arts Purchase Awards Grant.
In addition to her oil painting, Beedon Snow's talents include custom textile design for individual clients and for Gulassa and Company of Seattle, and work as a design and color consultant for Brenthaven, Inc., Bellingham, WA. She has also worked as a design consultant/colorist for architects and private clients in Seattle.
Artist's Statement
My paintings try to conjure up memories of places and play from childhood. I am less interested in capturing an exact or realistic depiction of any place or specific interaction. The paintings are uninhabited, allowing the viewer to construct a personal narrative. Houses and their settings - places where most play happens, side yards and wide streets, along with lawn chairs, fences and garden tools are some of the iconic elements, often from a bygone era, I use to build my compositions. I also paint toys from the seventies - trying to create landscapes that happen in play-imaginary landscapes. I use oil paint applied with a palette knife in heavy impasto. The color, light and composition are the formal painting qualities I am intrigued with. But the thickness of the material pulled with the knife blurs the tightly realistic elements. Often the technique contradicts the plasticity of the subject matter.
My paintings try to conjure up memories of places and play from childhood. I am less interested in capturing an exact or realistic depiction of any place or specific interaction. The paintings are uninhabited, allowing the viewer to construct a personal narrative. Houses and their settings - places where most play happens, side yards and wide streets, along with lawn chairs, fences and garden tools are some of the iconic elements, often from a bygone era, I use to build my compositions. I also paint toys from the seventies - trying to create landscapes that happen in play-imaginary landscapes. I use oil paint applied with a palette knife in heavy impasto. The color, light and composition are the formal painting qualities I am intrigued with. But the thickness of the material pulled with the knife blurs the tightly realistic elements. Often the technique contradicts the plasticity of the subject matter.