Jennifer Gardner and John Whitney

“In the summer of 2008 I was searching for two new artists. I wanted a master of the pastel medium, and a figurative expressionist that worked on canvas. I found exactly what I was looking for in Jennifer Gardner and John Whitney.

I was instantly attracted to Jennifer’s brilliant pastels: the harmony and feeling in her work distinguished her as truly outstanding and has won her many prizes for her achievements. Her membership in the Pastel Society of America, the oldest society in America, is synonymous with excellence.

John is a quintessential figurative expressionist: his immediacy, improvisation, and spontaneity imbue his work with an emotionally charged abandon. His dancing brushstrokes and deft lines animate his men, women, and children with a fantastic, visible energy.

What do these two artists have in common? They are both concerned with capturing the essence rather that the physical reality of a scene – primarily with the use of color. I’m afraid this website cannot fully convey the emotion expressed by these two great artists. Hopefully, you will visit the gallery and feel it for yourself. “ -Charlene

Bluebell Woods
Pastel, 2009
18 x 24 inches

Oranges and Lemons
Pastel, 2009
18 x 20 inches