Born 1969, Melbourne, Victoria.

Jenny began painting and drawing at an early age and in 1981, when her family moved from Melbourne to North East Victoria, she developed a passion for the high country and a lifelong love of the outdoors.

Jenny completed school in 1987 and then studied a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Canberra Institute of the Arts, Australian National University. In 1992 she was accepted into Bachelor of Arts Honours-Fine Art at the Latrobe University College of Northern Victoria.

Jenny travelled and worked extensively overseas prior to her marriage in 1997. In 2002 she moved with her young family to Jan Juc, a coastal Victorian town.

Jenny is now a fulltime artist, mother and wife……not always in that order!

Jenny’s love and passion for the ocean and the mountains have been the inspiration for many of her works. In her finely detailed pen and ink drawings with collage material, the viewer can put together all the elements like a jigsaw puzzle to learn the story behind each picture.

The world she creates is “collected”….each picture, with its group of found objects, tells a story of a nearly mythical landscape and history. She loves blending realism, surrealism and found objects into her works with the hope that each piece will inspire the viewer to contemplate his or her own relationship with their environment.

 

By including a dose of fantasy in some of her works, she invites the viewer to examine more closely, to establish where the line is drawn between fantasy and fact.

 

Jenny’s works are the result of many hours spent gathering collage and reference material and her love and passion for the outdoors whether it be ocean and beach or mountains and bush, makes this an enjoyable task.

 

Since completing her studies, Jenny has received many commissions, ranging from illustrations for books and magazines and clothing designs to art for children’s bedrooms.

Her works are held in many private collections both here and overseas.

 

My Studio is based in Jan Juc. Private viewings are by appointment only.

To contact me direct, please call 0402 465 179.
Email: jennylaidlaw1@gmail.com


My artworks are currently on display and for sale in:
Tussock Upstairs Gallery, Point Lonsdale
Tigerfish, Bell St,Torquay
Eagles Nest Gallery, Aireys Inlet
Surf Coast Images, Gilbert St, Torquay
Ballyhoo (Ryrie St, Geelong)
Lord Howe Island