Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Andrea Jensen. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Andrea, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Can you share a story about the kindest thing someone has done for you and why it mattered so much or was so meaningful to you?

Taking the leap this year, into full time art making was a gift. My sincere gratitude goes out to my husband who supported me in taking this risk and consistently reminds me that this is the right path for me, even on my hardest days.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

Art has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. From an early age, drawing was where I felt most at home. I was fortunate enough to have parents who supported my artistic goals, even when I decided to go to school for Painting and Drawing. As an undergrad, my professor challenged me to create an abstract painting and it changed my artistic path. Never had I found so much fulfillment and expression until I embarked on the journey of abstraction. I later returned to school and received my Master of Fine Arts.

This year, as an Artist in Residence at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, I have been able to really focus on my career and what it is I want to accomplish as an artist. In the studio, my work has continued to evolve around the idea of landscape not merely as an object to be seen, but as a cultural practice. I use abstraction as a way to question our relationship with the landscape and, in particular, climate change.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Somewhere, there’s a vision of this perfect painting I want to create and I am constantly striving towards accomplishing it. But I think that is the dilemma with painting. There is no perfect painting, but yet it is what drives us to keep pushing forward.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The “ooh’s” and “ahh’s” when someone enjoys your painting is probably one of the most flattering and rewarding things about being creative, because it means, in some way, you were successful at visual connection.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.andrearaejensen.com
• Instagram: @jensen_studios