Jessica Rae Sommer

About Jessica Rae Sommer

Idealist by nature and lover of many things, I paint to celebrate life and create emotion. To deeply love and to delicately mourn. I am an artist, an interior designer, and a fashion illustrator. In my art I play with the balance of what is beautiful, brutal, natural, and unearthly. My art takes after the style of fashion editorials, avant-garde portraits laced with undertones of fashion illustration. They are modern, emotional, expressive. It is delicately personal- a compulsive craving to expose the raw pulse deep within us. I grew up near Lake Tahoe, California. I grew up with an unquenchable passion for painting, fashion, design, photography, and most importantly- people. I desire to capture them in a way that is unique, avant-garde, and curiously emotional. I consider my art to be a place where I can unearth and explore what is truly inside myself and others, making it easy for people to respond to and connect with. During college I studied art and interior design at Colorado State University. There I started shaping my own artistic style. An opportunity to design for the renowned international hotel interior design firm lead me back home to the West Coast. A relative newcomer to the LA scene, I am already digging deep into the local creative industry- be it through my interior design work, completing commissioned paintings, fashion illustrations, and appearing at local shows. My work can be seen throughout homes and shows in the LA area. I have been selected to be the featured Local Arist at Whole Foods, Santa Monica (October 2011- November 2011). My work is also recently showed at Very Venice Art and Design on Abbot Kinney. Selecting the best fine art and artist for custom paintings for your home or commercial space is important. I am excited to work with each of my clients on a one by one basis to achieve beautiful and completely unique pieces that last a lifetime. Whether it is custom contemporary portraits, modern paintings, or avant garde fashion illustrations for branding and advertizing, each of my paintings is uniquely inspired. If you are interested in purchasing my art, paintings, portfolio, prints, commissioned work, past works and future news, please visit me at www.jessicaraesommer.com www.jessicaraesommer.com www.jessicaraesommer.tumblr.com