Jessica Rae Powell

About the Artist

Jessica Powell is a Baltimore based Artist and Educator. She works mostly in watercolor and oil painting mediums; however, enjoys the exploration found in layering with mixed media and surface manipulations. From figures to landscape, Jessica explores the quickly changing moments of both the natural world and the human narrative. This fascination with movement and time is revealed in her approach with loose mark marking and use of layers.  Both her experiences as a mother and the love for the outdoors have influenced much of her work as she documents these ever-fleeting moments.      Jessica has worked in public education for the last 14 years as an Art Educator. She is currently the Figure and Painting teacher at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts. She works closely with students to help them foster the same enthusiasm she has for art making. Working in the classroom has offered her the chance to not only influence young artists but has given her the retrospective needed to better her own work.