About the Artist
Following a long career as a graphic artist and designer, Margery Jennings turned to full-time fine art in 2007. She is a member of:
- The “Newburyport Ten” Plein Air Painters
- The Newburyport (Mass.) Art Association
- The Greater Haverhill Arts Association
- The Band of Brushes Plein Air Group
- New Hampshire Plein Air Painters
A lifelong resident of New England, Margery Jennings was raised in a rural area in northwest Connecticut. Since the 1970s she has lived in the seacoast area of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and southern Maine.
Packing her gear wherever she travels, Margery has also painted throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, the Bahamas and Europe.
Awards
- First Honorable Mention, Laumeister Fine Art Competition; Albert Handell, Juror, 2009
- Second Place, Oils and Acrylics: New Milford [CT] Outdoor Art Festival 2009
- Third Place, Beacon Hill Art Walk 2008, Boston, MA
- 2007 Members Annual Fall Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association. Honorable Mention, Oils.
Exhibitions & Events
- The Crane Estate Invitational Art Show and Sale, Ipswich, MA, November, 2009, 2010
- The Junior League of Eastern Fairfield County Invitational Art Show, Fairfield, CT, Spring 2009
- Lowell's Boat Shop Museum Holiday Invitational Art Show, Amesbury, MA, November 2007-2009
- Beacon Hill Art Walk juried event, June, 2008 and 2009, Boston, MA
- New Milford, Connecticut, Art on the Green juried show 2008 and 2009
- Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, Spring 2008, 2009, 2010
- The Newburyport Ten Plein Air Painters, Newburyport Art Association, 2008-2010
- 2008, 2009 Friends for Peace Wet Paint Auction, Newburyport, MA, 2008-2010
- Solo Show, The Provident Bank’s Lobby for the Arts, Amesbury, MA, December 2008-January, 2009
- "Wings" Program, NAA in coordination with Chase & Lunt Insurance, solo exhibit, Newburport, MA, September-October, 2008
- 2008 & 2009 Members’ Annual Fall Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association