Jennifer Randall: A life so far…
Born in 1963, Jennifer Randall grew up in South Pasadena, California.
She began drawing and creating art at an early age.
Later, after bouncing from major to major, from community college to university, and not knowing what direction to choose, her parents suggested to "head west young woman," and she did. A three-month Semester At Sea® voyage from Seattle to Florida took her to Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Egypt, Morocco, and more.
From 1983 - 1988, she studied at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Teachers Kevin Radley, Ralph Reed and Larry Robinson expanded her naïve perception of art and provided an environment for experimentation. Involvement in the Mail Art movement was the most influential adventure in her art life. It brought her non-commercial art from around the world through the contents of her mailbox. The San Francisco years began her exposure to performance and conceptual art. Her poetry magazine in remembrance started during these academic years, under a pen name. The magazine was published for ten years, and took in contributions from across the United States and beyond.
Jennifer spent time wandering across the United States, landing briefly in the southern states of Florida and Louisiana. She traveled through Europe and studied French and Art in Paris, France. The different regions and cultures provided various colors, images and senses. These influences arise in her paintings, in palette and subject matter.
Her ideas stream naturally into series. Places, people, things. Jennifer says of her favorite grouping, Remarkable Women, "There is always something I can identify with, I am fascinated researching the history and chronology of individual lives."
Love of warm climates and cultural events has led her to live and work in a small town in central Kansas.