ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES - JODY WHITSELL

Raised in Ramsey, New Jersey, Jody Whitsell has an irrepressible urge to create.

Jody received her BFA from William Paterson College in Wayne, NJ in 1980, but didn’t begin her artistic career until 1999. Being very diversified in her studies, Jody decided to concentrate on painting in gouache watercolors and portrayed realistic rural scenes and still lifes. She has won numerous regional awards and has exhibited in national shows. Then her interests took a turn when she decided to do a fun unconventional portrait of her dog, Mac.

Working on canvas with vivid acrylic paints, she wanted to capture the personality of her pet in a loose fashion in a loose fashion, which was totally opposite from her tight finely detailed gouache paintings. She had so much fun she hasn’t turned back in almost 2 years. Being a lover of both animals and art, and believing that fun in necessary in life, Jody has incorporated it all in her dog portraits. They are full of life; personality and character, just like her loveable furry subjects.