PAINTING IN PLEIN AIR – CAPTURING THE ESSENCE, SPIRIT & SENSE OF PLACE
“I love exploring the landscapes of Florida. It gives me a sense of place and home. I am especially intrigued with the wild places such as the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. Outdoor painting demands both acute observation and my full attention. Although the product is a still image, the process feels more like an exquisite slow movie, I strive for a sense of oneness and congruency with the landscape.”
Jennifer Clinard came to landscape painting from a thirty year career in theater and film. Having grown up in Florida, she completed a master’s degree in Constructive Design at Florida State University. After moving to San Francisco, she became a scenic artist, painting and sculpting for the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet.
Her scenic painting then expanded into film set painting and mural work. For the film industry, she worked as both a construction painter and standby painter. In these two roles, she worked on numerous film and television productions including Basic Instinct, Nightmare Before Christmas and Rent. The highlight of her mural work came working on the crew that restored a fifteen hundred square foot ceiling in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. There’s more information about Jennifer’s film work at the IMDB.
Since her return to Florida, Jennifer has explored the world of plein air landscape painting. She initially had her own gallery at Railroad Square and subsequently exhibited at South of Soho Galley. For the last five years, she has shown her paintings at the LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Gadsden Art Center, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, and FSU Museum of Fine Arts.
Her professional associations include the Council on Culture and Arts, Ten Artists Ltd. and honorary member of IATSE Local 800, the Art Directors Guild. Her work is in collections at Agnes Scott College and the Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science.
EDUCATION
1975 M.S. in Constructive Design, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1972 B.A. in Art and Art History, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 A Visual Conversation, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2019 Ten Artists Ltd, Eye Associates, Tallahassee, FL
2019 Open Studio and Group Show, Natalia Andreeva Art, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Global Warning, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Art of Resistance, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2018 From the Ground Up, LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Artists of Apalachicola, Apalachicola Center for History, Culture & Art, Apalachicola, FL
2017 4th Annual Artists of Apalachicola, Apalachicola Museum of Art, Apalachicola, FL
2017 The Way We See It, 22nd Floor Gallery, the Florida Capitol, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Around the Big Bend, Tallahassee Museum, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Sketchcrawl at the Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2016 3rd Annual Artists of Apalachicola, Apalachicola Museum of Art, Apalachicola, FL
2016 Under Florida Skies, Picture Frames Unlimited, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Four Paint Florida, Sage Restaurant, Tallahassee, FL
2016 28th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2016 The Artful Nude, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Dance-scapes, Jefferson Arts Center, Monticello, FL
2016 The Yellow Chair, Nan Boyton Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Viewer Discretion Advised, Black Dog Café, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Encore! Of Vision and Variety, 22nd Floor Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Florida Postcards (2-person exhibit), Au Peche Mignon, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Creative Tallahassee 2015, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Sketchcrawl 5, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science,
Tallahassee, FL
2014 26th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2014 Senior Artist Showcase 2014, Tallahassee Senior Center, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Artists of Summer, 1020 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Artists’ League Summer Annual, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Creative Tallahassee 2014, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Sketchin’ at the Museum III, Tallahassee Sketchcrawl, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science Tallahassee, FL
2013 500 Years in the Land of Flowers, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2013 25th Silver Anniversary, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2013 Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2013 Senior Artists Showcase 2013, Tallahassee Senior Center, Tallahassee, FL
2013 To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate, Artists’ League Summer Annual, Talla., FL
2013 Tallahassee Sketchcrawl, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
Tallahassee, FL
2013 Painting the Panhandle, Cedar Key Arts Center, Cedar Key, FL
2012 24th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2012 Painting Paradise (2-person exhibition) Talla. Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Artists’ League Summer Annual, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Tallahassee Sketchcrawl, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Sketchin’, Tallahassee Sketchcrawl, Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Artists Guild, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2011 23rd Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2011 Senior Artist Showcase, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts and Tallahassee
Senior Center, Tallahassee, FL
2011 Alla Prima, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Fl
2011 It’s All Psychological, Artists’ League Summer Annual, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2011 Cat Life Invitational, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2011 LeMoyne Inspires, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2011 Alla Prima, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2010 Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2009-2011 South of Soho Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2008 20th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2008 Out of Pocket II, Small Art Invitational, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2008 Feathers, Fins, and Foliage, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Talla., FL
2006-2008 J.Clinard Studio Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Ten Artists, Tallahassee, FL
Council on Culture and Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Honorary member of IATSE Local #800, Scenic, Art Directors Guild, Hollywood, CA
AWARDS
2018 Best of Show, Artists of Apalachicola, Apalachicola Center for History, Culture & Art, Apalachicola, FL
2018 3rd Place, From the Ground Up, LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2017 1st Place, 4th Annual Artists of Apalachicola, On the Waterfront Gallery, Apalachicola, FL
COLLECTIONS
Agnes Scott College, Alumnae House, Decatur, GA
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Chapin, Tallahassee, FL