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JEnnIfEr or JEnnI?
Jennifer Lowe-Anker is my name, Jenni
my nickname but I sign my artwork as
Jennifer Lowe.
your artIStIC aPProaCh IS WonDErfully
StrIkIng — Colorful, fanCIful, anD VIbrant.
What DoES that Say to you about yourSElf
aS an artISt?
I love color and light and my work
reflects the bright clear light that we
have here in our dry mountainous
Montana climate. I simplify my images
of wildlife, birds, or landscapes with the
bright color of livestock markers, and I
like to emphasize shadows and contrast.
I have a proud affection for Montana as
my great-grandparents settled here as
ranchers in the 1870s. The open space,
diversity of wildlife, and rural lifestyle in
Montana are unique and precious. My
grandmother who was born and grew up
on the ranch loved every wild creature.
Wild places like Montana are disappear-
ing around the planet. I want to cel-
ebrate them.
Imagine Montana
JEnnIfEr loWE has combined the landscapes, animals, and the people of her native Montana with a unique approach to painting. Born in Missoula, she spent parts
of her childhood working in the fields of her grandparents' homestead property. She uses livestock markers to render in vivid color the whimsical images of her imagi-
nation. Lowe constructs her own frames and decorates them with a folk art quality, each of which carries an element of the painting that it is made for. Jennifer began
using the oil paintsticks in 1985 while a student at Montana State University. Since then her work has been shown alongside such well-known artists as Thorn Ross,
howard Post, Larry Pirnie, and Donna howell Sickels.
Wise Eyes and Butterflies
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