Biography

Jennifer Mazzucco is a nationally published children's book and editorial freelance illustrator. She is also the founder and co-founder of community art centers and non-profit arts organizations on both coasts. In addition, she is an exhibiting artist, and her paintings have been commissioned by private clients and various yoga and retreat centers. With a passion for teaching art that spans 26 years and a master’s degree in education, Jennifer has inspired individuals of all ages in college campus settings, middle-school classrooms, her studio, and beyond. Notably, she developed a curriculum of over 65 Zoom classes during the pandemic, serving over 150 aspiring artists from around the world.

Artist Statement

I construct color wheels as an act of self-preservation. Order, balance, and unity are the qualities I want to preserve within me. This is in contrast to the chaos, and destabilization I experience in the outside world. When I sit down with my tools to draw spokes radiating from the circle’s center point, mix hues, and fill the soft-edged triangles in a prescribed order the anxiety + stress dissipate. Because of its layering qualities and ethereal luminance, I work primarily in watercolor. The same symbols present in my early childhood art are now an integral part of my visual language. The effect I hope my art has on the viewer is the same transcendence I feel while making it.