Artist’s Statement: Color, simple composition and approachable images make the expression through art both fun and safe for me.  Having started a new life in the arts just eight years ago, I have come to cherish and embrace the process and the newness of it all as if I were a little kid.  Not only am I energized by bright and bold colors and the playfulness of storytelling, but also by the reaction of others to my work.  I love this important sense of connection.  At the same time, by choosing this path I am able to create a place for myself in which I can express on a deeper and more meaningful level.  Each piece has a story behind it that connects me to my work and allows me truly to be apart of the entire creative process. I am inspired by the work of local artists Wayne Daniels and Nicora Gangi and drawn to contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons, Wayne Thiebaud, and William Wegman.

Artist Biography:  Jennifer Schutzendorf grew up in Cazenovia NY, graduated with a BS in Business Management from Boston College and has an BFA from The Corcoran School of Art.  Jennifer has been working as a full-time artist and oil painter since May 2000 with a playful style of representing real objects & focus in story-telling and capturing living history.  She started her business, froghappy!, in 2002 to provide decorative painting in kids’ rooms and continues with a mission to provide artwork just for kids.  She specializes in personalizing artwork for kids' rooms through commission paintings and decorative murals and is currently working to document local barns of Cazenovia and the surrounding areas.  Jennifer has shown her work in Washington DC at the Torpedo Factory Artist Co-op and had a one-person show in April 2006 at The Beehive Gallery.  She currently has her studio at and is represented by The Gallery of CNY.