Jenny Jonah

Jenny Jonah

HONOLULU , Hawaii, United States Minor Outlying Islands

About Jenny Jonah

Jenny Lee was born in New York and moved to Hawaii in 1983 where inspiration was found everywhere. Painter, fashion and home designer , home builder and developer. Building custom homes on Maui and Oahu have inspired Jenny Lee to paint beautiful works of art to adorn these homes. Now retired spending 100% of her time painting. Mostly self taught painter. for 40+ yrs JENNY LEE'S inspiration comes from the beautiful surroundings on the Island of Oahu. Having lived there for over32 years, She never runs out of beautiful things to paint. Mostly a self taught artist having painted her first painting 20 years ago by buying a canvas, paints and just painting away. Her paintings can be seen throughout the year at the Honolulu Country Club where her "One Woman Art Show" took place very successfully in September. She has won awards at this Club. She was born in New York and raised in Virginia on the east coast of the United States. After meeting her true love, she moved to Maryland and started a cabinet making business and ran their business there for 11 years. Hence, the beautiful frames, Her husband makes these frames out of solid wood that he hand picks for her paintings. After selling for 5 years on line, I finally found my way to the Hawaiian Islands where I reside in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Love it here. The weather is warm the year round. The colors of the water and surroundings are so bright, I am constantly finding more to paint. I can't wait for my next painting. All of my paintings are on canvas with oil paints, with the exception of one or two I have done on a wood board. After selling on line for the past 5 years, I have sold 170 paintings in the U. S., Jakarta, Indonesia, Germany, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands.

Education:

Jenny Lee's formal education consisted of training at the Park School of Fine Art in Honolulu for seven years. Her extensive art library is her go to place every day. Not afraid to use vivid colors in purple , blue, yellow and reds.
Her paintings have shipped to buyers from Australia, Alaska, New York and California, Texas and in between.
All of her paintings are shipped in a cardboard crate with styrofoam for ultimate protection. All art works come with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.

Events:

One Woman Art Show is now being held at the Honolulu Country Club now through November 15, 2015.

Achievement of Excellence award for "Beauty with a Parasol"

Achievement of Excellence Award for oil painting "Pink Orchid"

Second Place Award for "Gala Rose" at the Honolulu Country Club.

Recently juried into the 46th Annual Aloha State Art Show 2016 were two of my hula girl paintings.

Just finished my commissioned painting of Makapuu Lighthouse.

My "Garden Isle" is featured in the latest Honolulu Country Club Art show "Color it Spring" taking place now.

Exhibitions:

Now showing six of my oil paintings at the Honolulu Country Club. Now until January 15.

New show at the Honolulu Country club "Fresh Start. I won an award for "Gala Rose" in a competition with 18 other artists.

I was recently juried into the 46th Annual Aloha Art Show taking place at the State Department. This show is a prestigious event.

Latest Art Exhibit at the Honolulu Country featuring my "Flamingoes" painting runs for six weeks along with 6 other of my paintings.