Picture yourself at a favorite beachside cottage. Wind at your back, sand in your toes, relaxing on a sun-faded adirondack chair as the scent of sweet peas and salt water fill the ocean air.

Welcome to the artistic world of Jennifer Winship Mark. Her paintings are filled with rich, saturated color and intricate designs, each capturing the warmth and beauty of a special moment and place.

Cozy porches, Mediterranean vistas and coastal retreats are a long way from Jennifer’s childhood Wyoming. Hers was the only family in the dusty prairie town to have Rembrant, Renoir, Wyeth and DaVinci on the walls. With the nearest museum some 600 miles away, these masterpiece reproductions provided the first sparks of inspiration.

Today, Jennifer Winship Mark is a master watercolorist as well as a master juggler. When she’s not with her four children and husband or in the garden, you can find her in her studio, creating. Like the pictures she paints, her studio is a vibrant, busy, and magic place filled with photos, books, pressed flowers, unpainted furniture, jewelry finds, every imaginable medium, canvases, brushes and other treasures. It’s a comfortable and nurturing sanctuary in which she never runs out of ideas.

Over the years, the works of Jennifer Winship Mark have attracted the attention of numerous noted collectors and are often featured in Northwest galleries, including the Gango Editions Gallery, the Lawrence Gallery and Portland Art Museum’s Gallery. Yet despite her gallery success, Jennifer had bucked the tradition of most regional artists by selling her originals exclusively through auctions and individual collectors. She is currently showing all her original watercolor paintings through Global Fine Arts and has recently released a series of limited edition prints to complement her original works. Jennifer’s colorful and contemplative images have developed a wide international following that literally spans the globe.