About

Jennifer Babcock is an artist, dreamer, thinker and observer whose creative inspiration springs from her deep connection to the past, the poetry of day to day life, and the challenge of being a parent to nine highly individual children. Character and personality are what attracts Jen to her subjects be they people or household objects, such as the chairs that people live with. In addition to her painting she is is a photographer, maker of hand bound books, and a furniture restorer.

Jen’s work can be found in homes and business in the greater Washington, DC Area. Her last solo show was No Empty Chairs at Southern Virginia University in 2016. Other shows include - Art des Femmes at The ArtisTTable, 10th Annual Shenandoah Invitational with Southern Virginia University, DC Artist Interrupted: A Woman’s Art Collective at The Washington, DC Temple Visitors Center, 9th and 8th Annual Shenandoah Invitational  at Southern Virginia University, Fulfill the Vision at The Washington, DC Temple Visitors Center (People’s Choice winner), 7th International Art Competition in Salt Lake City, UT, Our Heritage of Faith at the Washington, DC Temple Visitor Center, and Women of Faith at the Washington, DC Temple Visitor Center.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Brigham Young University where she studied painting with Hagen Halten, James Christensen, Bruce Smith, Frank Magleby, and Robert Marshall.