Hi, I’m Jenna, an artist, writer, and designer seeking to know my Creator better through everything I create. I’m inspired by the beauty woven into nature, the word of God, and all the ways I see His presence reflected in the people and stories around me.

My journey with creative expression began at age 3 when in a moment of profound grief at the death of a loved one, I picked up the closest thing I could find– several white plastic bin lids and some markers. What poured out was both deep sorrow and yet the quiet hope of heaven and resurrection. From that moment on, art became a voice for all I found either too painful or too beautiful to speak.

When I was 16, I was diagnosed with several chronic illnesses, one of which explained the significant lifelong chronic pain I’d experienced, and I began to paint to cope with the pain, sorrow, and loneliness. For the next five years, I lived in what I call “the waiting room” where I was isolated mostly to my 10 x 10 room or doctor’s offices. Yet there in the stillness, I experienced God’s pursuit of my heart unlike I ever had before.

When I was up to it, I’d paint my prayers as worship and spend most of the rest of my time talking to God or reading the Word, searching for comfort and hope in the midst of my suffering and sorrow. In the depths of the loneliest and most seemingly hopeless season of my life, I found Jesus to be my Closest Friend.

By His grace, I got to leave “the waiting room” in 2021 and complete my Bachelor of Art in Visual Art with a Minor in Psychology, Summa Cum Laude and Most Outstanding in Major, from Southeastern University in 2023. After returning home from college, I’ve been working on writing my first book, beginning my art and design business, and working toward completing a Graduate Certificate in Web Design from the University of Florida.

When I’m not writing, reading, creating or spending time with friends and family–my favorite place to be is on a blanket in the grass absorbed into the blue of the sky while talking to God and listening to the birds sing with my dog Lily nearby.

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18