What I do

Creative Services:
Brand Identity
Content Strategy
Graphic Design (Both Print and Digital)
Short Videos and Animations
Unique Iconography and Custom Illustration
Website Design
Custom Original Paintings and Reproductions

Digital Strategy:
Complete Owned and Earned Media Strategy
Brand Strategy

Digital Owned and Earned Media Audits: A one-time service that includes a comprehensive analysis of owned and earned media marketing efforts and recommendations for improvement.

Consulting Agreement: An ongoing agreement where I work with you to develop a marketing and brand strategy that reflects on the data specific to your custom company objectives and gives you a long-term blueprint for your business. 

Creative Strategy: This is a custom-package created around your needs reflecting most any and all graphic design, brand identity, and content strategy work.

Original Art: Because I'm always exploring different textures and love to paint, I welcome any custom requests or collaborations. I'm somewhat of a genre-hopper and like to use what I know from design to influence my paintings and vice-versa. Beyond helping businesses, I thrive on being able to bring light and local love that hangs on people’s walls and in their homes. I represent myself via my website and also have select pieces available at Art Beat Gallery, Galerie Tangerine, Red 225, and The Soundwaves Gallery curated by Nashville Soccer Club.

Currently, my art is in public and private collections including the John P. Holt Brentwood Library and Neve Campbell’s collection.

Artist Bio

I was 14 years old when I went to work at Mudpies Studio, helping Mrs. Howe organize paints and prep canvas for her art class attendees. I’m pretty sure I would often just hop in without actually being scheduled or paid. This was not the beginning of my art career however, for my earliest memories are all about crafting with my grandma and feeling her radiance after hearing the brilliant stories she told.

With both sides of my extended family, storytelling, community and connection seemed to be a priority. The bigger the tales, the more engaged everyone got. People were often laughing, many times talking over each other to have the best version of the original story. I chuckled a lot and seemed to collect many art books and prints that reminded me of people I knew and stories I heard. Vacations were planned around visiting family and getting in or away from the large groups we seemed to always be in. 

My dad wasn’t an official storyteller, but he and anyone else can tell you that he always has a couple he likes to repeat for years until he finds some new ones. Until I left home from college, our family evenings were spent around the table or living room recounting stories that happened that week and noting different people and connections we found amusing and interesting. I would play around with paint in some early mornings reflecting on the emotive qualities these stories created for me in my life and found that paint allowed me to process life.

I received a bachelors degree from Miami University and moved to Nashville as soon as I graduated to work for an early tech start-up named Emma. I worked as a designer and marketer for some more start-ups and local nonprofits before creating a path that allowed me to intentionally make time and space for painting. I joined the Chestnut Group in 2019, and have put time and effort into not only learning from group members, but helping the group as a whole make a bigger presence and impact on the Nashville community. I take classes at Warehouse 521 and find opportunities to give back and collaborate with art frequently.

I paint out of my home in Nashville alongside my husband, two children and dog Larry. My hope is that my art reflects on nature, storytelling and the general tenacity of nature and humans to get through different seasons. May we continue to celebrate the moments that spark a fire within us. Thank you for perusing my art. I truly hope it brings you a positive spirit. 

A Bit More

According to StrengthsFinder 2.0, My top strength is ACTIVATOR, quickly followed by POSITIVITY. I am not afraid of trying out new ideas, and certainly walk into most rooms with a glass half-full attitude. I am a natural connector and love people, good design, and art. I've also had 15+ years experience in digital marketing, design, and community-building.

I enjoy having creative conversations and meeting people, so don't hesitate to contact me if you are considering a new brand, a new idea, or even want a custom work. 
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Best,

Jessica

Education

Miami University, BFA, 2006
D1 Field Hockey Team Captain
Warehouse 521, study with Jim Himsworth, 2019-2024

Memberships and Associations 

The Chestnut Group 2019-2024
American Impressionist Society 2022
NOAPS 2024

Selected Awards and Recognition

2024
Red 225 Gallery’s “Intimacism”
Juried exhibit

Franklin Art Crawl March Exhibit
Featured Artist for month of March at Five Points Franklin Post Office

The Soundwaves Gallery
curated by Nashville Soccer Club
Juried Artist
”A Child’s Sky”

2023
Tomato Festival Art Show
Juried exhibit

FWC Event
Co-created this inaugural art event

Shelby Park Fine Art Sale
Friends of Shelby benefit sale

The Soundwaves Gallery
curated by Nashville Soccer Club
Juried Artist
”Music Vibrates in the Memory”

2022
December Exhibit
Featured Artist
Solo Exhibit at Brentwood Library

Artober Nashville
Month-long exhibit
Art Beat Gallery

Starry Night Fine Art Sale
Juried exhibit

W Hotel Nashville
Featured Artist

Tomato Festival Art Show
Juried exhibit

”Painting to Preserve II” Fine Art Sale
Created online show for members

”Speaking for the Trees” Fine Art Sale
Lockeland Springs benefit sale
Created online show for members

Paint the Town Dickson
Plein air juried exhibit

West Elm Hill Center
Featured Artist

Gordon JCC “HOPE” Art Show
Juried exhibit


2021
Radnor Lake Fine Art Sale
Radnor Lake benefit sale

The Chestnut Group 20th Anniversary Member Show
“Painting to Preserve” - Online Show Lead, Created the first online show for the Chestnut Group Members

Gordon JCC Art on the West Side Art Show
Juried exhibit

Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Museum, Plein Air Exhibition, Nashville, TN
Juried "Where the Frogs Sing",
"Peonies at Dusk" 

Nashville Industrious Gulch Gallery
Featured Artist

Creators, Crafters and Curators
Featured Artist

2020
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Spring Magazine
Featured Artist

Montgomery Bell Academy Fine Art Show
Juried exhibit