Jen Pagnini

Jen Pagnini is a trained commercial and fine artist with a BFA in painting from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Her career as a commercial artist spans twenty years and includes creating graphic designs and illustrations for clients in San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL.

Pagnini has painted on and off again for many years. Most recently, she has focused on establishing a consistent studio practice and has participated in group shows hosted by art centers in Chicago.

Pagini’s inspiration to paint comes from her desire to connect to the untamed spirit of animals and nature. “There’s an immediate intimacy that’s born out of trying to catch an image as its fleeting. The vibrancy I find inherent to capturing a subject en plein air, drives me to work and study on location. My paintings are encapsulations – records of the temporary, elusive environments that wilderness can create externally and internally.

Be it serene or turbulent – from tide-flooded coastlines, to the slow drifting of a cloud, to the quiet presence of a horse – I’m observing and recording the transitory elements of light, color and shape. The visual landscape is constantly changing and creating changes within me. I’m as much a participant as I am a witness. Studio work evokes those meetings. I discover what impressions, making that contact with a location or animal, has left behind on my memory.”

Please note, images are for reference only.  No image can capture the depth and nuances of an original work of art as seen in person at the gallery.

Paintings by Jen available for purchase at the gallery 

Jen Pagnini ~ Untitled Abstract 1′ ~ Acrylic on Canvas 10″ x 10″ Retail $250.

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Field, No. 8’ ~ Oil on Panel 11″ x 14″ Retail $300.

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Field No. 3’ ~ Oil on Board 20″ x 20″ Retail $500.

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Untitled Abstract 18’ ~ Acrylic and Watercolor on Canvas 8″ x 6″ Retail $250.

Jen Pagnini ~ Untitled Abstract 17′ ~ Acrylic and Watercolor on Canvas 6″ x 8″ Retail $250.

Paintings by Jen sold by Richard Boyd Art Gallery-

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Late December Light’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Canvas 24″ x 24″ Retail $700. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ “Mind’s Eye” ~ Plein Air Oil on Canvas 24″ x 24″ Retail $700. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Aerial Forest’ ~ Oil on Wood Panel 6″ x 6″ Retail $175. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Untitled Abstract 15’ ~ Acrylic and Watercolor on Paper 11″ x 14″ Retail $750. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Untitled Abstract 16’ ~ Acrylic and Graphite on Paper 12″ x 9″ Retail $350. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Intertidal Dancers’ ~ Oil on Panel 12″ x 16″ $400. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Don’t Explain’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Board 13″ x 17″ Retail $300 SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Pounding Itself Into Sky’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Board 13″ x 17″ Retail $300 SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘With the World to Herself’ ~ Plein Air Oil 16″ x 12″ Retail $500 SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Rising’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Wood Panel 8″ x 10″ Retail $400 Sold

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘In You Go’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Panel 12″ x 16″ Retail $400

Jen Pagnini ~ ‘Field, No. 5’ ~ Plein Air Oil on Panel 11″ x 14″ Retail $300. SOLD

Jen Pagnini ~ “Abstract No.5″ ~ Mixed Media on Board 7″ x 7”