Jennifer Branch Biography

Watercolor Landscape Paintings

Painting Life's Joy

Life is joy—and that's what I paint. The best of life is made of simple moments of pleasure, not momentous events. As an artist, I capture those fleeting moments and transform them into paintings. No matter how your day is going, my painting takes you to that moment of pure joy.

Jennifer Branch creates light-filled watercolor landscape paintings from her studio in Northwest Georgia. A modern impressionist, her paintings explore the full possibilities of transparent watercolor, a medium bringing color and light to life.

Coming from a strong family tradition of artists, Jennifer Branch began her painting career at an early age and has painted continuously ever since.

Beginning by selling her pen and ink sketches before she could drive, Jennifer Branch's only profession has been that of artist. After exploring all mediums, the limitless possibilities of watercolor captured her. Primarily self taught, her watercolor style is uniquely vivid in color and concept.

Jennifer Branch plein aire sketching in a salt marsh.

Jennifer Branch's workshops draw artists from around the world to learn from her unique painting style. Her YouTube painting workshop videos inspire many artists.

Balancing atmosphere and technique, Jennifer Branch alternates her frequent and varied inspirational travels with periods of intense studio work. She might be found painting or sketching anywhere from a remote mountain stream to the city wilds. Her swirling images of sea turtles swimming, dramatic night city scenes, moody oceans and exquisite watercolor portraits grace many collectors' walls internationally.

Jennifer Branch paints small jewels of paintings evoking memories of a place or time and huge color bursts of paintings filling a room with joy. Her sensuous use of color and form brings vitality to many private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad.

Jennifer Branch is a modern impressionist bringing her subjects to vibrant life on paper.

June 2018	DaySail painting on cover of 48 North Sailing Magazine, June 2018 issue.
January 2017	*Article, Painting Vibrant Water, 10 Tips on Painting Water, in Issue 3 of Paint and Draw Magazine.* To order magazine, click here: https://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/Paint-Draw-Print-Back-Issues/
February 2016	Save the Light Foundation used my Morris Island Lighthouse for their half-marathon run!
September 2011	Spent the month painting on Mount Desert Island, Maine!
2011	Watercolor murals for Southern Art restaurant, Hotel Intercontinental, Buckhead, GA. (Chef Art Smith's creation.)
2009	Book Cover painting for *Development of an Influenza Virus Vaccine using the Baculovirus-Insect Cell Expression System* by the brilliant Dr Manon Cox of Protein Sciences.
October 2009	Atlanta Skyline appears in Warner Bros movie, The Preacher's Kid. (Wall in Diner Scene)
September 2008	Posara, Italy The Watermill at Posara Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop in Tuscany Painting Demo of a Tuscany castle
April 2008	Donation of printing rights for Sea Turtle VIII for theme painting for annual Turtlefest for Loggerhead Marinelife Center, rehabilitation center for sea turtles.
January 2008	Article about Jennifer Branch painting in Italy in Il basso Vicentino magazine Mensile di Informazione e Cultura dell'Area Berica
May 2007	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
November - December 2006	All That Jazz One Man Show Georgia State University Library
October 2006	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
October 2006	Savannah, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Savannah Squares
September 2006	Murells Inlet, SC Atalaya Arts Festival
August 2006	Painting Trip to Maine, Acadia area
July 2006	Commissioned painting to celebrate Georgia Power's merger with Savannah Electric for all Savannah Electric employees.
April 2006	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
October 2005	Atlanta, GA Atlanta Botanical Gardens
October 2005	Sonoma Vineyard used by The Wine Institute for Certificate of Achievement for Sustainable Winegrowing
October 2005	Savannah, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Savannah Squares
September 2005	Murells Inlet, SC Atalaya Arts Festival
May - June, 2005	Painting Trip to Veneto region of Italy Lived at Villa Francazan-Piovene, Orgiano
April 2005	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
April 2005	Savannah, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Savannah Squares
October 2004	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
October 2004	New Orleans, LA Fresh Art Festival
September 2004	Cheaha State Park, Alabama Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop
August 2004	Southwest Harbor, ME Art Show on The Green
August 2004	Southwest Harbor, Seawall, ME Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Acadia Workshop Center
July - August, 2004	Painting Trip to Maine, Acadia area
July 2004	Bar Harbour, ME College of the Atlantic Art Show on The Green
Summer 2004	Article (10 Pages) by Jennifer Branch *Paradise Found: The Florida Everglades* Watercolor Magazine
June-August, 2004	Painting Life's Joys One Man Show at ART Station Stone Mountain Village, GA
June 2004	Atlanta, GA Virginia Highlands Summerfest
April 2004	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Botanical Gardens
March 2004	Atlanta, GA Painting Demonstration and Talk, Featured Speaker Atlanta Artists Center
December 2003	Anniston, AL A Winter Market Anniston Museum of Natural History
November 2003	Covington, LA Three Rivers Art Festival
2003	Memphis, TN Experience Art in Memphis
October 2003	Atlanta, GA Energizing Your Watercolors Workshop Atlanta Artists Center
September 26-28, 2003	Murells Inlet, SC Atalaya Arts Festival Honorable Mention
August 16-17, 2003	Kennebunkport, ME Invitational
August 9-10, 2003	Southwest Harbor, ME Art Show on The Green
August 2-3, 2003	Boothbay Harbor, ME Art Show on The Green
July 26-27, 2003	Bar Harbour, ME College of the Atlantic Art Show on The Green
July - August 2003	Painting Trip from Maine to Bay of Fundy, Canada
June 7-8, 2003	Atlanta, GA Virginia Highlands Summerfest
April 26-27, 2003	Atlanta, GA Inman Park Festival
February 15-17, 2003	Coconut Grove, FL Coconut Grove Arts Festival
February 2003	Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival
January 2003	Naples, FL Naples Invitational Art Show
January - March 2003	Painting Trip to southern Florida focusing on the Everglades and Keys
November 2002	Covington, LA Three Rivers Art Festival
September 2002	Murells Inlet, SC Atalaya Arts Festival Awarded an Honorable Mention
2002	Stone Angel Louisiana Watercolor Society 32st International Exhibition New Orleans, LA
Spring 2002	Portrait Society of Atlanta group show Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art Atlanta, GA
2002	50th anniversary alumni exhibit group show at Westminster Schools Atlanta, GA
January 2002	Atlanta, GA Painting Demonstration and Talk, Featured Speaker Atlanta Artists Center
2001	Shepard Spinal Center Mural Mural size 5' x 12' Mural of Atlanta, Georgia Skyline in Shepard Spinal Center outpatient waiting room
2001, 2002	one man show at Northside Public Library 1999	Atlanta, GA
2001	Louisiana Watercolor Society 31st International Exhibition New Orleans, LA
1999	Georgia Watercolor Society Annual National Juried Show
1998	Watercolor West XXX, National Open Juried Exhibit.
1998	The Canadian Society for Painters in Watercolor International Open Juried Exhibit, 73rd Annual.
1998	Atlanta Artists Center Galleria Gallery
1997 - 1999, 2001	one man shows at Sandy Springs Public Library Atlanta, GA
1996	First Place in Acrylics at Rockport, Massachusetts Art Association
1996	studied under noted portrait artist Paul Leveille.