Jessica Henry is founding partner of Renaissance Creative Arts and Executive Director and Lead Instructor of its Renaissance Academy of Fine Arts. In 2018 she co-founded the Renaissance Academy Of Fine Arts with Daniel Hill Riedel as part of their Renaissance Creative Arts business to extend their art instruction offerings. She develops and designs courses, teaches classes and workshops and contributes to the creation of the programs.
Jessica is a nationally recognized, award winning artist. Her 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 dancing light. 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.
Her work has been exhibited and eagerly collected from coast to coast as well as featured in many publications, including the December 2016 and 2017 issues of Western Art Collector. And as a featured artist in an article, Western Art East of the Mississippi.
Jessica's teaching experience started in 1994 and includes owning her own art school; teaching hundreds of art students at various levels of development in numerous schools and workshops; and tens of thousands on her YouTube channel. Her YouTube channel is ranked #25 of the top 50 Oil Painting Channels. Jessica's videos have been watched worldwide and have more than 5Mil minutes of view time.
Her mission is to guide each artist in the journey to maximize his/her talents and creativity. Jessica's deep knowledge of materials and techniques communicated with her warm, engaging personality and humble yet confident approach make learning art an enjoyable and fulfilling experience.
We're confident that whatever level you're at now, if you are dedicated to take the courses and do the work, Jessica and her guest instructors will help you achieve your artist goals.
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