Artist Reception: Jenn Feeney

Jenn Feeney is a Portland based printmaker and painter. She started her printmaking career in 2006 when she was introduced to monotype in a workshop. She knew right away she had found her medium. Having grown up around a commercial print shop that her parents owned and operated, she was very familiar with the smell of ink and loved the various printing papers. When she joined the working world, she first worked in corrugated, then in commercial printing and promotional products for over 20 years. You could say there is ink in her blood.

Jenn’s printmaking focus is monotype, also known as the painterly print. Using a piece of plexi as her plate, she applies the ink using brayers and brushes. She then manipulates the ink using solvent, rags and various tools. Her approach is intuitive, she never really has a plan but instead lets the ink colors she chooses…