Jennie's Resume

A Test of Time, Watercolor, 22" x 28"

This page tells you a bit about Jennie and her adventures, including those in art.

EDUCATION-EMPLOYMENT:

Degree in Mathematics
Graduated in 3 years, Magna Cum Laude

Taught Mathematics for several years
Did Post-Graduate Work in Computer Science
Developed portions of Sea-Launch Cruise Missile
Systems Analyst - developed Large Information Systems modules

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AFFILIATIONS:

President, Arizona Watercolor Association , current
Director-at-Large, Arizona Artists' Guild, 1997 - current
Vice-President and Exhibition Chairperson, Arizona Watercolor Association, 1996-1998
Member of Waterworks Invitational Critique Group
Juried Member of Arizona Artists Guild
Juried Member of Arizona Watercolor Association

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EXHIBITIONS:

West Valley Art Museum, Sun City, AZ
Border's Books & Music, Phoenix, AZ
University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix Central Library, Phoenix, AZ
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Grady Gammage, Tempe, AZ
Cynthia’s Art Asylum Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Sun Cities Museum of Art, Sun City, AZ
Sahuaro Ranch Park Gallery, Glendale, AZ
Unitarian Church, Paradise Valley, AZ
Glendale Municipal Gallery, Glendale, AZ
Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

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AWARDS:

West Valley Art Museum - Second Place, 1998
Sun Cities Museum of Art - Third Place, 1997
Sun Cities Museum of Art - Honorable Mention, 1996
Arizona Watercolor Association - Award of Merit, 1996
Cynthia’s Art Asylum Gallery - Award of Excellence, 1995
Cynthia’s Art Asylum Gallery - Best of Show, 1994

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MY TRAVELS:

Paris, Tennessee and Paris, France
Belgium (chocolate in Antwerp and canals and lace in Brugges)
Spain (Sunflowers for miles, Salvador Dali, mosaic floors in Roman ruins)

England (Looking through lead pane windows of a 300 year old tollhouse, thatch roofs and sheep surrounded by ancient stone walls, pubs from the 1300's, "CATS" in London)

Greece (islands that time has passed by, ouzo and dancing, learning the language)
Italy (Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Pieta, Pompeii)

Turkey (pistachios at the Spice Market in Istanbul,sipping apple tea & bargaining for rugs, thunderbolts and rainbows over Roman ruins, Topkapi, bread from a street vendor, attempting to speak the language at a bakery - received many smiles and samples)

Egypt (riding a camel to the pyramids, Seeing the entire King Tut exhibition at the Cairo Museum, traveling at night on a bus with no lights and military escorts with AK47s)

Kenya (flying into the rift valley in a 1942 DC-3, a leopard's roar at midnight, vervet monkeys stealing food , elephants scratching their backs on trees, learning Swahili, Maasai warriors in jumping competitions )

Seychelles ( feeding flowers to 400 pound Aldabran tortoises, rain forests )
And, just because I could, I sat on the border marker plaque, twenty feet inside Tanzania.

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Pastimes:

Puzzles - Cryptic Crosswords, Math, Jigsaw, New York Times Crosswords...

Vegetarian gourmet cooking
Classical and New Age Music
Finding and exploring Ghost Towns of the Old West and Indian dwellings of the ancient past
Picnic lunches and sketching at Oak Creek and Horton Springs

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Contact Information

Telephone

(602) 942-3157 (Between 9 AM to 5 PM, Mountain Standard Time)

FAX

(602) 942-6065

Postal address

12809 N 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85022-5403

Electronic mail

Jennie_Johnson@bigfoot.com

Send mail to Jennie_Johnson@bigfoot.com with questions or comments about this web site.

Last modified: November 02, 1999