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| Shirley Apple Jenkins - Biography |
| Shirley Apple Jenkins has recently moved into the Baltimore area from the Alabama Gulf Coast where she is a well-known, award-winning artist and teacher, who has had a life-long love of art. Shirley is also an accomplished portrait artist. Her paintings of jazz musicians reflect these qualities. One of these paintings was purchased by Host Marriott and giclees were made. They now grace each one of the 1300 rooms in the New Orleans Marriott Hotel. "These paintings have more color and energy than any work that I have done before and I am excited by the technique and style of painting. Besides, people have always been my favorite subjects. Sometimes landscapes can be boring; people-Never". Shirley describes her work as "constantly evolving to explore new depths of emotion and color, while keeping the clean, fresh essence of the watercolor". Since moving to Maryland, she has been accepted into the Baltimore Watercolor Society as a signature member and has had a painting accepted into the 2004 Mid-Atlantic Watercolor Show and the 2004 York Art Association Show, York, Pa. She has been an exhibiting artist at Monkton Center For The Arts, Monkton, MD, the Bendann Art Gallery in Towson, Maryland, and the Gallery At Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Her commissioned painting graces the book cover of Foley Steps Forward. She was selected as the featured artist for the Festival of Flowers, Mobile, Alabama, and has been honored by having paintings juried into the 27th International Louisiana Watercolor Society Show in New Orleans and into the Alabama Art Society Show in Birmingham. Coast Magazine of Gulfport, MS., has featured her work several times and her paintings have appeared on the covers of the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce booklets. Durham Co., NC, commissioned her to paint a mural in their "Welcome Baby Center". In addition to Maryland, her art has been in galleries along the Gulf Coast from Pass Christian, MS., to Destin, Florida, and in numerous private collections across the nation. Some of the instructors she has studied with are Daniel Greene, Judi Betts, Jan Kunz, Shifra Stein, Don Andrews and Bill Wright along with sculptors, Peter Rubino and Fran Neumann. Ms. Jenkins offers instruction in watercolor techniques. Some of her awards include: "Best of Show" in Artsy Farstyval 2003, Fritz Briggs, Juror, "Honorable Mention" in the BWS Charcoal Club Show 2003, John Brandon Sills, Juror, "Artists Choice Award" in the Pride of Mobile competition and the "Alabama Art Supply Award" in the Mobile Watercolor and Graphic Arts Society Show and had paintings accepted into the Pensacola Museum Show, the National Bay Rivers Art Guild Show, the Best of Mobile Show, the Central South Art Exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee and the York Art Association 2004 Juried Show, York, Pa. |
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| Shirley Apple Jenkins 11920 Meylston Drive Lutherville, MD, 21093 Home: 410 561-1615 Cell: 443 695-4008 |