#5 Jennifer Hinrichs and belief in art

Portrait of a man -- Life model session

Don Valley Art Club

Acrylic on paper

24 x 18

BarbaraMuir © 2008

I'm afraid I may be all over the place with these eighteen people in 2018.
Obviously my husband, my children and their families come first.  But I
wrote about them in the month of love, and it seems right now to honour
other people who've had a tremendous influence on my artistic life.   Jennifer
Hinrichs has been a key person in my life as an artist.  

I had my very first art show ever in Jennifer's house.  We set up a show

mostly of botanical watercolours, and sent out invitations.  It was one

weekend long, and the beginning for me of being immersed in the

world of trying to figure out where and how to do this art thing.

Jennifer and I worked at the same art magazine and met a lot of Canada's

top artists in those jobs -- me as assistant editor, and Jennifer as the designer.

We also taught a course, called The Path of Change about positive thought,

and from that experience I got to teach School Success, basically 

positive psychology for 10 years at a local community college.

Plus Jennifer introduced me to the Don Valley Art Club, and I started

getting regular drawing sessions and a series of group shows because

of that association.  

Jennifer winning an award

at the Don Valley Art Club

I love Jennifer's work.  I have never had the guts yet to do her 

portrait, although I'd love to.  But she is so beautiful, strong and 

wonderful plus very busy, that I've been a bit overwhelmed at the

thought.  So I'm posting a photo of her instead.

 

I love this photo from the Grand Manan Artists' site.

If you want to study with Jennifer in Grand Manan

this summer click the link.

Have an honouring the people who helped you day!