North Olmsted, OH
About Jessica Henry Gray:
Jessica Henry Gray's oil paintings are described as "Classically Impressionistic", while maintaining the discipline of her classical training, Jessica embraces the painterly approach of thick, rich brushwork and play of light throughout her colors- reminiscent of the Impressionists use of jewel- like colors to reflect light dancing. Whether Jessica is painting a poetic landscape, a mysterious still life or capturing a personality in a portrait, her work resounds with joyous light and sumptuous paint quality.
Jessica's career in art began early. At fifteen she began serious oil painting studies under the guidance of Harvey Schroeder, of Elk River, Minnesota. At that time, she also began selling her work. After high school graduation, Jessica maintained her artistic studies at the Atelier LeSueur Studio School of Classical Art. In the spring of 1997, Jessica's journey would take her to the Blue Mountains of Joseph, Oregon, where she became the owner and operator of The Joseph Art School.
In 2017, Jessica relocated to Ohio to develop a company called Renaissance Creative Arts, LLC. This is a business devoted to teaching art, inspiring and giving back to the world. In conjunction with this, Jessica is co-founder and primary instructor in the Renaissance Academy of Fine Arts, online art academy. Traveling the world Jessica extensively seeks out the best plein air locations to create unique art videos.
Jessica is working on an exhaustive book on art education covering all aspects of developing the artist from beginning drawing to advanced conceptual finished paintings at mastery level. With a determined commitment to bring the highest quality and most thorough art education.
Jessica is a nationally recognized artist, having won numerous awards and honors. Her work has been shown and is eagerly collected from coast to coast and has been featured in many publications, including the December 2016, 2017 and 2018 issues of “Western Art Collector” as a featured artist in an articles, “Western Art East of the Mississippi”.
