NATURE JOURNEYS

A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Jeanne studied art and design at the University of Utah where she received her Bachelors of Fine Art Degree. Her post-graduate work was at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. This experience had a profound influence on her. Art and Design merged into one. In 1979, Jeanne returned to the mountains of Utah. She now lives in the foothills of Salt Lake City where storms roll in over the Great Salt Lake. The natural world has always been an important part of her art.

“I feel it’s important for artists to convey nature in such a way that people take notice of the beauty around them. Mountains express such power, contrast and strength. Lakes give us serenity or enlightening storms. Gardens refresh us and give us life.”

In my recent travels to Europe, it was inspirational to visit the Tivoli Gardens in Denmark; Jardin des Tuileries in Paris;

Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France; the canals of Utrecht, Netherlands; and the Dolomite Mountains of Cortina, Italy -

the future site of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. It gave me a new appreciation of our beautiful Red Butte Garden.

Located on the foothills of our Wasatch Mountains with a view of our Great Salt Lake.

“I Celebrate These Journeys in Nature.”

Jeanne is both a Modernist and a sensitive Realist painter depending on the subject matter and what she wishes to create.

Some of her important mentors in her artistic journey have been Harold Petersen, Doug Snow, Ed Maryon, Milton Glaser, and George Dibble. Jeanne Hansen is a Signature Member of both the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and the Utah Watercolor Society. She is also a Member of Merit with the Intermountain Society of Artists.

“Watercolor has taught me important lessons in life– to be flexible and to go with the flow.”

For more, please visit: www.jeannehansenart.com