JENA SCHMIDT

PAINTING

Jena Schmidt’s work has various layers of meaning but on an elemental level, its composed of three veins of thought. One being her environmental concerns, second her response to the spiritual nature of the earth, and third being a desire to see and create a new type of landscape painting. Schmidt thinks about her paintings in terms of verbs and movement. Forms extract and unearth while geometric lines race to highlight tree lines, mountain ridges, snowfall and rock formations. Rivers turn into waterfalls, mountains tower above valleys, winter snow quenches the summer fire. All elements seem to be pulled into place by an invisible structure. Her artwork seeks an internal balance derived from environmental juxtapositions. 

Lives and works in Salt Lake City, UT  
BFA in Drawing and Painting (Brigham Young University, 2011)