Author: Jennifer Herrold

Jennifer Herrold grew up in rural Indiana where her father taught ceramics at the nearby University. He also served as her personal painting professor throughout life. Jennifer attended the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Northern Michigan, where she won the President's Award in Painting upon graduating. Jen received a BA from Indiana University and then did a years time toward a Painting MFA at the same institution. She spent years hustling paintings- and showing in generally improper venues. She did notably sell thousands of "Inconspicuous Toupees" with a chin strap– to the esteemed novelty dealer, Archie McPhee- which reflects a common vein of humor throughout her paintings. Jennifer worked and showed in Ann Arbor, MI and then in Brooklyn, NY she was an assistant to sculptor Nancy Bowen. Jennifer then went 'home' to Greencastle, IN and saturated the local college professor market with narrative commissions, and abstract realism. She migrated further south to Bloomington, IN and has had several one person shows at local galleries and continues to paint with more cohesion.