Konni Jensen

My parents say I started drawing as soon as I could hold a crayon, starting out with the usual doodles and progressing to portraits at 10 years old.
I grew up in a small town in Northern Denmark surrounded by beautiful nature and ocean, it was very easy to find inspiration to draw. I won many drawing contests and was inspired to try paints.
I skipped a couple of years ahead in school and finished early at age 17 from college and started to travel, my first stop was Oxford, England, I was so inspired by the architecture and art there. I could have lived in the national museum in London, I couldn't get enough of the art there. I lived in Oxford about 6 months then headed to the US to travel around a bit and get inspired. Then I settled in Paris and Nice for about a year before coming back to the US again. France was what solidified art for me. After visiting the Louvre and the Picasso museum I was in love and decided to trade pencils for more colorful and fluid paint.
I have never received any training in art, it is all self taught, I love to experiment with different mediums and different methods of applying paint. Lately my favorite is to paint large paintings with giant brushes and small paintings with palette knives. I love ...

Graduated Business School at 18.
Graduated Make-up Artist Academy the following year.

My paintings have been featured in the Acrylic Artist Magazine, the Huffington Post, Politicon and even on TV in Criminal Minds.
My art can be found in galleries and private collections in the US, Canada and Europe.
I have done a lot of local smaller exhibitions and fairs like San Diego County fair with over a million visitors in 1 month.