Claudia W. Jernigan

e-mail: cwjj@bellsouth.net

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Claudia Jernigan is a Georgia artist whose series of watercolor and acrylic still lifes and figure studies vary in subject matter but never cease to engage the viewer. By age ten, Claudia called many states home, from Iowa to Arizona. The family experienced two extended stays in Europe, so she was able to see life from many vantage points as the daughter of an Air Force pilot. Claudia landed in Atlanta over twenty years ago and has never left. Always drawn to the arts, she’s been an accomplished graphite and calligraphic artist since a teen, having enthusiastically studied both in England. After moving to Georgia, she began taking a few art classes while building a successful career in corporate advertising.

Drawing was always a natural part of her life, and painting, simply the next step. Working out of a converted bedroom studio in her home, she began a part-time freelance calligraphy, design and painting business several years ago. This led to more classes with talented local artists, which then led to the determined pursuit of watercolor and experimentation with its techniques and endless fluidity.

She has now left advertising to fully engage in the constant challenge of water media. Claudia allows herself to be called a serious artist now who continues to grow and learn every day. When she’s not painting, she’s thinking about the next painting or series of paintings. You may find an underlying message in one of her still lifes, like the tongue-in-cheek rock, paper, and scissors themed piece called "Hiatus." Or you can simply enjoy the uncomplicated vibrancy and freedom of a semi-abstract figure study like "Girl in a Swing."

Claudia has participated in several local gallery showings, many with a group of accomplished artists known as "a pARTicular group of women." She received a combined degree in English and Art from Arizona & Georgia State Universities. Her favorite place to paint is near the open studio window listening to the waterfall in the backyard pond.

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