Vanessa Withun

Vanessa Withun is a contemporary representational artist of Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage originally from Bronx, New York. Coming from an artistic family, she was always drawn to the arts. Although her work is representational, she heavily relies on an intuitive process to tell a unique story. Her style incorporates Classical Realism with Contemporary Art. She believes that from the start of the creation process, the painting/drawing process becomes a part of the artist’s unique experience. Her drawings focus on the use of contrast and light to achieve an emotional connection with the viewer. She is interested in how humans relate with their environment to create meaning and the way in which objects, natural or man-made, are perceived by humans in relation to their environment. She enjoys the use of color and heavy texture to show the intricacies of form and the behavior of light. Her still life painting method involves working boldly in alla prima, on a heavy textured surface, laying the paint on thick, and scraping with the palette knife to create a mural-like scenario. Although she focuses on nature, she also enjoys painting portraits and still-life as well. She currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida. Her work has...

Sadie Valerie Atelier: Classical Drawing
American Military University: BA in English

Selected Exhibitions/Shows

May 2020 – Group Exhibition – Arts on the Coast- Virtual Art Exhibition – Richmond Hill, GA.

October 2019 – Group Exhibition – Oil Painters of America’s “2019 Eastern Regional Exhibition,” Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL

September 2019 – Group Exhibition – “FAAA Small Works Exhibition,” Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA

July 2019 – Group Exhibition – “Pirates, Boats, and the Oregon Coast,” Garibaldi Maritime Museum, Garibaldi, OR

April 2019 – Group Exhibition – “Tondo in Toto,” Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA

March 2019– Group Exhibition – “Earth Action Initiative Climate Art Show,” UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

December 2018 – Solo Exhibition- JEA Gallery, Savannah, GA

November 2018 – Online Group Exhibition – “The Time For Home,” Still Point Art Gallery

September 2018 – Group Exhibition – “FAAA Small Works Exhibition,” Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA

August 2018 – Group Exhibition – “Connected to the Sea,” Deep South Photopoint Gallery, Richmond Hill, GA

April 2018 – Group Exhibition- “Earth Action Initiative Climate Art Show,” UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

November 2017 – Group Exhibition – Landscape and Seascape Juried ...