Jenna Mae Lineweaver has a BFA in oil painting, is a mother of four precocious boys, and together with her husband has a business. Before having a family she lived in her hometown of Chico California where she worked in the Public Art field with her mentor, Dayton Claudio, creating large fiberglass pieces in cities like Tucson Arizona, Cleveland Ohio and Ogden Utah.
Jenna has won several awards for her artwork, including the Oil Painters of America’s Most Original Award of Excellence in their National Juried Exhibition and several first place awards from the Annual Sears Dixie Invitational. Jenna enjoys incorporating mixed media such as fabric, paper, buttons, beads and other found objects into her paintings. It adds a spontaneous dimension to her art and an element of surprise. Her love of poetry and literature is also evident in her art as she often includes relevant verse and writing. She finds that, similar to literature and poetry, painting is a powerful way to express thoughts, feelings and struggles. Other people can recognize these things on canvas and respond to them in their own way. We all experience life and the accompanying range of emotion and struggle.
In regards to her art she says that, “My art is visual poetry. It stimulates emotion and involves the viewer in the process and in the beauty of it. A painting is successful if, after that first impression, each successive visit becomes more meaningful”.