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:

Crafty Mommas said...

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

Lizzi said...

What beautiful work!

Julia Badgley said...

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

Lizzi said...

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

I love this one :-)

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Sheila said...

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

MYSAVIOR said...

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

♥♥♥
Sue

luvncrafts said...

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

Jus and Kat said...

My favorite is the Little Red Bird Fun print.

florentina said...

i love this necklace:

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

mvegan said...

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

Anonymous said...

I love the Little Gray Birds print

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Amber said...

I love the Vintage Telephone Framed Tile!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
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Anonymous said...

the red birds

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amrita said...

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

cheers
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Unknown said...

I really like this one

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

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Rachel

lauraprill said...

Wonderful work and enjoyed the post :)

Sarah said...

I like her umbrella tiles and the bird cagfe necklace!

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Zuda Gay Pease said...

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!

Unknown said...

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....

myeuropeantouch said...

Looooooooooooove it...
Monika

Becky K. said...

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

Tracy said...

my favorite paintings of hers are the bicycles : )

Gail said...

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!)

Unknown said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Christine said...

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

Margaret (prellerm@yahoo.com) Osako said...

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.

TopHat said...

I love Little Gray Birds!

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Unknown said...

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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Cynthia.Richardson said...

My favorite image is the Morning on the Boardwalk

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gardenofmoi said...

I love all her bird ones!

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Taylor said...

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

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Stephanie Zito said...

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!

Lizzie said...

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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penelope stitch stop said...

I like the blue bike print.

Jolee said...

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

ninjabunnyz said...

I love the "Cherish Original Painting!"

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•´.¸¸.•¨¯`♥Kat F.♥´¯¨•.¸¸.´• said...

I like the Umbrella Framed Tile prints.

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