George Jennings Art

George Jennings is a Seattle area artist who began his interest in art in his hometown of Washington, D.C. under the tutelage of his grandfather, accomplished Washington, D.C. artist John N. Robinson during the 1970's. George attended high school at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and upon graduation, continued to hone his artistic abilities through several years of self-training. In the late 1990’s, George moved with his wife to Seattle, Washington where he continued to pursue his interest in art as a career.

In 2004, his work was displayed twice at the Crispinal Art Gallery in Seattle (Belltown), Washington and in a private three day solo showing at The Red Lion Hotel in downtown Seattle. In 2008, his portrait painting named Seattle was accepted into the juried gallery of the Edmonds Art Festival. In spring 2009, he was once again accepted into the Edmonds Art Festival's juried gallery with a portrait painting named Jade Dress. In the summer of 2009, he participated in the Renton (Washington) Art and Antique Walk as well as in The 5th Annual Northwest African American Fine Arts Exhibition at the Art Not Terminal gallery in Seattle, Washington where three of his paintings Ballerina, NaKeesa and My Braids were displayed.

In January 2010, his work was displayed in a three month exhibit at the Seattle Municipal Tower as part of the Ethnic Art Gallery's Interpreting The Black Journey: Eight Viewpoints show. Currently, George is the featured artist at the 6th Annual Onyx Fine Arts Collective Exhibit where his painting Catch the Wind won the People's Choice Award! He also had a solo exhibit in Edmonds, Washington at Autumn's Framing and Gallery from September 15, 2010 through October 19, 2010! During the month of November, George will the featured artist at the "Onyx Perspective" exhibit with his fellow artists of the Onyx Fine Arts Collective at Gallerie Rene in downtown Portland, Oregon!

George describes his process this way:

"I don't always have "inspirations" for each one my paintings in the way that most people commonly think of inspirations because I typically will either have a simple thought, an idea, or even see a simple image in my mind that I will use to create my vision in a painting. I do, at times, have influences from other great artists in history or an amazing style of art that can be seen in parts of my work. A large part of my process is that when I sit down in my studio to begin working each day, I often listen to the eclectic collection of music on my iPod. Some of my favorite artists are Laura Nyro, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake because great music always helps provide me with the right environment to create. What I always try to do in my work is express the sense of and feeling of peace that I experienced while creating it. My hope is that when viewing any of my work it will cause a person pause and they will connect with the entire piece or even just a portion of the painting because it brings up a positive memory or thought of something that takes them back to a time in their past that could be as far back as childhood or even just yesterday but regardless it brings them joy."