Sunday, July 17, 2011

Blog Feature: Jenni Horne



A breath of fresh air is what first comes to mind when you lay your eyes on Jenni Horne’s lovely artwork. Her images are very contemporary, but also offer a touch of nostalgia to your senses.




Jenni has been teaching art for the past fifteen years, after painting murals on nursery walls at her friends’ requests. She was more than willing to help although her concentration in art school was printmaking and sculpture. Jenni feels that teaching has helped her to look at subjects in their simplest form. She just started painting more seriously in the past four years





Jenni is inspired by many things daily. But you will most often find her painting trucks, bikes and birds. Her amazing journey finding her own voice in painting all started with a momma bird, her nest and babies. She fell in love with them immediately and a series emerged. Eventually she became inspired by other subjects like bikes, trucks, and then campers. She is also influenced by her online community which helps keep her ideas fresh and new.




When Jenni isn’t painting she also likes to sew, decorate her home, run, work out and read. She has several genres on her night stand table to keep her entertained.



Jenni is generously offering this lovely print to one of my readers. Just leave a comment about one of your favorite images by Jenni for a chance to win. The winner will be announced next Monday.

39 comments:

  1. I love the little red bird fun one! very cute things!

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  2. I love the red bird with her little ones.
    Great work!

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  3. http://www.etsy.com/listing/75312254/bike-necklace

    I love this one :-)

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  5. Oh my goodness! I love Jenni's work. Gotta go check out her shop :)

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  6. I am on my way to her shop! LOVE HER WORK!

    ♥♥♥
    Sue

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  7. Lovely work! I like this blue bird bag tag:
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/75606454/blue-bird-bag-tag

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  8. My favorite is the Little Red Bird Fun print.

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  9. i love this necklace:

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/75292377/bird-cage-necklace

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  10. I love the birds, the 2 w/ the text "you grew in my heart" is very sweet :)

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  11. I love the Little Gray Birds print

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  12. I love the Vintage Telephone Framed Tile!
    Thank you for the giveaway :)
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  13. the red birds

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  14. Here from ETSYPaper Team. Loved the painting with the sentiment..you grew in my heart..

    cheers
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  15. I really like this one

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/59896079/little-red-bird-fun

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    Rachel

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  16. Wonderful work and enjoyed the post :)

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  17. I like her umbrella tiles and the bird cagfe necklace!

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  18. What a fun shop to visit, I enjoyed it very much. I think my favorite of Jenni's prints is Little Red Bird Fun. Adorable!

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  19. OH WOW!! Thanks for the interview. I am super excited to emet some of your readers over on my blog....and send some your way too!! Best wishes....

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  20. I like the birdcage pendant. So cute. A very nice feature. I came over from the Etsy Blog Blitz.

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  21. my favorite paintings of hers are the bicycles : )

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  22. I'm not only a fan of all of Jenni's work, but of Jenni herself!! Time for her to do another "adult" class (in your spare time, Jenni!)

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  23. Great post -- Love this!
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/75518997/cherish-original-painting

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  24. Beautiful work, very talented! I like many but the Song birds stood out to me.

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  25. I am having trouble deciding! I love all the campers! But i love all the birds too:)
    Christine

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  26. I love the Yellow Bird Framed Tile. It's sweet and I love how it looks like it's about to take off, to spring up into the air and be free.

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  27. I love Little Gray Birds!

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  28. My favorite is the You grew in my heart but I also love the Morning Chickadees! I collect bird art and all of these are so perfect!
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  29. My favorite image is the Morning on the Boardwalk

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  30. I love all her bird ones!

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  31. I really like the "You grew in my heart," such a beautiful piece.

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  32. Oh I just love her work!!! The framed tiles and jewellery are my faves! I absolutely adore the woven nest pendant necklaces! That print is amazing! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for the wonderful giveaway and finding a new favourite Etsy shop for me!

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  33. I love the birds nest necklaces, but the giveaway painting is actually my favorite - I'm an adoptive mom and love the "you grew in my heart" quote as well as the image.

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  34. Love the Red Bird Nurturing Her Young. So precious. joleehamlin [at] comcast [dot] net

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  35. I love the "Cherish Original Painting!"

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  36. I like the Umbrella Framed Tile prints.

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