Jenny Mehrtens Artist

About

Jenny Mehrtens is an Arrowtown based artist. Primarily a painter, her works are in collections around New Zealand and overseas.
www.jennymehrtens.com

Story

ARTIST BIO

Jenny Mehrtens is an Arrowtown based artist, primarily a painter. Jenny was born in Dunedin in 1962. She had a successful clothing design business based in Dunedin in the 1980s (under the labels “Jenny Haggitt Originals” and “Verve”). Jenny studied painting at a two year course under the tuition of Roberto Paulet at Inverlochy Art School in Wellington from 2006-2007. She now lives in Arrowtown and has a studio on the outskirts of the small town, where she paints in a number of styles.

Jenny was exposed to a wide variety of visual arts growing up in Dunedin with a family who were interested in it, some of whom were also artists. This interest has continued throughout her life. In particular she admires New Zealand artists Ralph Hotere, Tony Fomison, Dick Frizzell and Max Gimblett.

“Making art for me is a journey, almost a quest. In my studio I am always experimenting and trying different things. If there is one thread I have common with most of my work it is that I like working with gold leaf. From early times it has been used to revere an object or idea that the artist wants to convey. The making of art for me is about communicating ideas. ”

Jenny has had several group and solo exhibitions and her work can be found in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom the US and Singapore.

For sales or commissions please call Jenny on 021 875337 or email at [email protected]

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VISIT THE STUDIO BY APPOINTMENT AT 10 BUSH CREEK ROAD, ARROWTOWN.