Artwork

Hello, I’m Jennifer Hathaway, a largely self-taught artist. It’s challenging to describe my work.

There are elements of abstraction and psychedelia, as well as reflections of my belief that the the divine encompasses the universe and also extends beyond space and time.

I love painting landscapes, countrysides, buildings, animals, birds and human figures. Most of my subjects are outside, and I love doing pieces that spotlight specific locations.

Most of my work is somewhat realistic, but it’s always finished with the abstract way I tend to look at things, which reflects my own personal style – something I’ve been developing for over 50 years.

I’ve been making art since I was small. I lived in France for a couple of years as a young teen [Dad worked for IBM], and graduated high school in Rhinebeck, a charming, historic town nestled in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley. In my early 20s I became a Navy wife and then a mom. By my early 30s [always with a day job], I was doing design work for The Grateful Dead, The Band, Mercury Rev, the Woodstock II festival, and myriad small businesses and charities. Then I studied [years apart] with two different American masters.

I’ve since shown and sold all over the place, including Chelsea galleries and the ArtExpo at the Javitz in NYC. My work’s in private collections in 20+ US states, six European countries, South Africa, China, Australia, and Japan. A great deal of this came from painting on the sidewalk and in the woods.

In 2003 I was bitten by a Lyme’s tick while painting in Battery Park in NYC, preparing for a Chelsea show, and from that I developed fibromyalgia.
I’m learning to cope with my disease and am living in Ramona, a small town in Central Kansas in what I fondly call The Little Heap on the Prairie. I’m making new work, and putting it out into the world again.
There are several original paintings and drawings available for purchase, as well as very affordable prints. Please message me with your idea of a reasonable offer for the originals, if you’re interested in a piece you see.

This website contains a lot of my older work, much of which has already sold. Some of it I’ll be making available in the form of prints and “merch”, later on. Each “series” heading will link to a group of paintings done in approximately the same time or place, or with the same themes. I’ll clearly mark the few pieces that HAVEN’T sold yet. And everything else can be made into prints and other goodies.

I will include a link at the bottom of the page to some of my newest works, and what I’m up to right now, as things progress with this site.

Enjoy!