Portrait of a Tree: Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings / by Michael Winters

by Jordan Lienhoop

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Art across a variety of mediums become a form of expression for Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. She’s a cellist, visual artist, and poet (though she doesn’t fully claim the last one yet). It’s as a visual artist, however, that she expresses and processes her emotions and reactions to the world around her, creating highly detailed portraits of trees, or, of herself.

See more of Brittany’s work on Instagram at @brittandthecello.

Nursing Chair no. 2 by Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. Mixed media drawing. 11x14”

Brentwood Ave. corner Maple by Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. Graphite drawing. 14x17”

Brentwood Ave. corner Maple by Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. Graphite drawing. 14x17”

Abstract sketch by Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. Mixed media drawing. 5.5x8.5”

My Youngest Son is Precious by Brittany Anne Jarboe Jennings. Mixed media on yupo paper. 11”x14" Award winner in Made in the Belly of the Whale exhibit.

my youngest son is precious/ my youngest son is sweet,/ with kisses at an evening’s close/ and tiny giggles of glee./ my youngest son has eyes as blue as the frosted blues of a blueberry’s top./ but there are some moments I’d rather spend/ with pencil and paper than be/ the rock, the helper, the cook, or/ my youngest sons’ continual trapeze./ july 13.2020

This post is part of a series featuring artists involved in our ministry and community in Louisville, Kentucky.