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Find the latest info on current projects, exhibitions and open studio information.

Why we need art that holds depth

We live much of our lives through screens. We scroll, respond, skim, compare. Images pass us in seconds. Nothing asks us to stay very long. Over time, that pace begins to shape us. We become quicker to react, slower to feel. Surrounded by constant input, we can drift away from ourselves. This is why real, tactile, analogue art matters. A painting or print on a wall does not compete for attention. It does not refresh. It does not disappear with a swipe. It remains and in remai

Jenn Holmes

Feb 242 min read

Discover the Story Behind What We Keep in the Women in Arts Network Virtual Exhibition - Faces

Art has a unique way of capturing moments, emotions, and stories that words alone cannot express. One such piece, What We Keep , is now featured in the Women in Arts Network's virtual exhibition, offering viewers a chance to explore its depth and meaning from anywhere in the world. View of the free virtual exhibition, the painting can be found in Room One. The Virtual Exhibition Experience The Women in Arts Network has created a free-to-use platform where art lovers can explo

Events

Jenn Holmes

Feb 43 min read

Interview with Women in Arts Network: Seeing a Leonardo da Vinci Painting in Real Life Changed How She Saw Art Forever

Originally posted on Women in Arts Network website 17 January 2026. Most artists will tell you their work is personal. But there’s a difference between making something personal and making something that invites others in. One is a closed door. The other is an open window. For our virtual exhibition Birds, hosted on Women in Arts Network, we selected artists who understood that birds aren’t just beautiful subjects they’re carriers of meaning, transformation, the tension betwe

Art Diary

Jenn Holmes

Jan 306 min read

A new linocut series: Quiet Creatures

Small linocut scenes shaped by nature, stillness, and change.

Art Diary

Jenn Holmes

Jan 162 min read

Virtual Exhibition Feature: Birds

My painting, End of Expectations, was featured in a Virtual Exhibition titled Birds, with the Women in Arts Network . The Virtual Exhibition Birds , brought together painting, photography, sculpture, and digital work exploring birds as symbols of movement, fragility, attention, and change. Across the show, artists responded to the quiet presence of birds in the landscape and the way small gestures can carry meaning without spectacle. I was drawn to the theme because it mirr

Events

Jenn Holmes

Dec 1, 20251 min read

From Fantasy to Realism: A Journey Through My Evolving Artistic Style

I've gathered together a collection of some older artwork, to show the evolution and building blocks of my artistic style as well as...

Art Diary

Jenn Holmes

Feb 18, 20252 min read

Painting Review: The Journey of Levitate & Adrift

I didn't know before starting that these two paintings that they would become a pair, it was a bit of a natural evolution leading from one to the other (and then back again, as I'll later explain). I had not painted something big for about two years and I remember wanting to paint something that was for me. Adrift grew to be an expression of how I was feeling about my art at the time. I had been feeling frustrated as a graphic designer, unable to express my own thoughts and i

Art Diary

Jenn Holmes

Oct 31, 20183 min read