Jennifer Sugarman
Artist Bio
Born in New York City, Jennifer Sugarman was exposed to art at an early age, taking her first art class at MOMA at age four, where she was able to view many exciting works of art that have influenced her throughout her artistic career. She went on to receive her MFA from The University of Mississippi and her BA from Northwestern University.
Jennifer’s early paintings were acrylic canvases so large she had to climb a ladder to work on them. Convenience later drew her to watercolor and the creation of increasingly smaller paintings. Over time she realized she truly loved painting smaller. While large canvases command attention partly due to overwhelming size, jewel-like small works, no less significant or meaningful, quietly ask to be contemplated.
Her application of the watercolor medium is decidedly non-traditional, using a process she has created over years of working with the medium; her saturated colors create an aesthetic that is unexpected and often not recognized by the viewer as watercolor. Jennifer’s work has been accepted in juried competitions nationally and internationally and is held in many private collections.