Jennylynne Gragg
A passion for pastels and oils

Jennylynne is a self taught artist.  She has enhanced her personal experiences with art education classes at the community college and with nationally known artists, Albert Handell, Anita West and Maggie Price and Phil Starke.  She also has taken classes with nationally known local artists Donna Yeager and Donna Aldridge.  All of these wonderfully creative people have contributed to her passion for pastels and oils.

Finding the balance between reality and impressionism has always been at the core of  her paintings..  Her paintings are impressionist expressions of the world around her.  Painting on location,whether painting people, pets or landscapes has been the ideal training ground.  For the artist, being "in the moment" allows for a spontaneous look at the world around her.   She paints "en plein aire" on locations in Missouri, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

She is also the founder of the "Grateful Hearts Project".  This Project does portraits of fallen soldiers,of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts from the states of Missouri and Kansas,  for their families completely free of charge.  This project is one very close to her heart and one to which she donates her time and talent with a willing and grateful heart.

Jennylynne exhibits her work at Gragg Studios and Gallery in Blue Springs, Mo., Primary Colors Gallery in Independence, Missouri, St Luke's Hospital Gallery in Lee's Summit, Mo. and The Healing Feeling Wellnes Ctr in Lee's Summit, Mo.   She also has exhibited in shows at the Albrecht-Kemper Musuem of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri , the R. G. Indres Gallery in Mission, Ks, the Kansas City Club, Got Art Gallery, Lee's Summit, Mo & the Buttonwood Art Space, KCMO.

She has participated in  local & regional art shows where she has received numerous awards for her pastels.

She is a member of the following organizations:
Mid America Pastel Society
Juried member of Summit Art in Lee's Summit, Mo
Independence Art Association
AlbrechtKemper Museum of Art
Plein Air Artists Colorado

Interview on Channey 9 about this artist and the Grateful Hearts Project.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTcTHlc33Q