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Jen Evenhus is a nationally recognized,  award winning artist. Jennifer's bold use of color is what first attracts the eye. Her subject is often paint itself, fascinated with the painterly effects one can achieve with pastels, or the wonderful transparency of oils.

Whether with oils or pastels, Jennifer enjoys the process of painting as much as completing the work. Always sorry to see the journey end, Jen describes the process as a journey through unknown territory. 

Even though she has a good idea of the outcome she wants, she is careful not to become locked into an idea, staying open to all those little accidents that happen along the way, careful not to cover them up.

These accidents she describes as unforeseen treasures that give a painting character, depth, and movement. 

Jennifer's work is often very abstract, using earthscapes as a starting point, she paints out most of the detail, leaving just enough for the viewer to become lost in a new world. She alludes her abstract work to the Japanese 'Haiku,' a short poem of 17 syllables, an art form her grandmother, Charlotte Pilgrim, taught her.
 

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Jennifer has exhibited work in New York City at the National Arts Club; Denver, Colorado at Carol Siple Gallery; Sacramento and Redding, California; New Orleans at the World Trade Center; Coos Bay and Bend, Oregon and Seattle, Issaquah, Everett, and Anacortes, Washington to name a few.

She enters and is accepted in many juried shows each year and has
numerous national awards to her credit.

Jennifer has attained signature status in:

• Pastel Society of America  as "Master Pastelist" (PSA-MP)

• Northwest Pastel Society as a Distinguished Pastelist (NPS-DP)

• Pastel Society of the West Coast  (PSWC)

• Knickerbocker Artists USA (KA)

  Awards and Honors:

• Chosen as the 2009 Lake Chelan Music Fest and Wine Walk Print Artist

• Chosen as the 2009 Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Print Artist

• 2008 NPS Members Exhibit President's Award for "Emma at Seven"

• 2007 NPS Members Exhibit President's Award for "Settin' Forms"

• 2003 NPS Members Exhibit BEST OF SHOW for "The Prize"

• 2003 NPS International Juried Exhibition Board of Directors Award

• 2002 Pastel Society of America New York Central Art Supply Award
  and became a "Master Pastelist" at this Exhibition

• Finalist in the 3rd Annual Pastel Journal "Pastel 100"

• 2001 NPS International Juried Exhibition Board of Directors Award

• 2000 Pastel Society of America David Korostoff Purchase Prize

• 2000 NPS Intn'l Juried Exhibition Award of Achievement 

• 2000 PSWC Utrecht Art Materials Award (225 set Rembrandt Pastels)

• 1999 Holbein Merchandise Award – NPS Members Only Show

• 1999 Pastel Society of America Allied Artists Award

• 1999 NPS International Open Juried Exhibition Merchandise Award

• 1998 National 100 3rd Place Award Florida Art Center National 100  

Corporate Collections:

• Wenatchee Valley Clinic, Wenatchee, Washington

• Wapato Point Condos, Manson, Washington

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