Meet the artist, Jenna Naito. 

Artist Statement

I am a portrait painter, landscape painter, and an elementary art teacher. My portraits focus on women from our popular culture as well as from history and have a pop art feel to them. I am drawn to women in our pop culture or history who are strong, powerful or influential. I add pops of color , enlarged features, shapes, and collage. The shapes and dots appear throughout my paintings as a way of adding shadows and highlights and have become a signature of my style.

My Landscapes are inspired by my connection to place. I will often paint places I have visited to remember and relive the moments spent at the location. Much of my work is abstract, focusing on color, line and shape as well as texture. Most of my painting are painted in acrylic but I also paint in oils and watercolor as well.

Artist Biography

Jenna Naito, painter, portrait artist, landscape artist, and pop artist, was born in Hellertown, Pennsylvania in 1973. She grew up being exposed to art at an early age through the work of her grandmother, Dorothy Clark, who was also a painter. Jenna went on to graduate with her undergraduate degree in Art Education with minor in Ceramics. It was at this time that Jenna began teaching art at a local elementary school. In 2018 Jenna received her masters in Art Education also from Kutztown University, and began painting landscapes based upon her family travels. Her painting gradually led her toward portrait painting and along with her landscapes. Today Jenna paints portraits of women from past and present popular culture.