Jennifer Heyd Wharton
Jennifer received a BFA from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, PA. She had a successful career as a package designer, art director, illustrator and gallery owner. During her painting career she was inspired to study painting with David Lafel, Jeremy Lipking, Homer Hacker, and Skip Lawrence and Mary Whyte.
The focus of her work as a painter is in portraiture and landscapes commissions. She is the South Carolina State Ambassador for the prestigious Portrait Society of America. Her paintings are collected throughout the USA by corporations and private collectors. Her watercolor, Prime Real Estate” was selected by the Adams Billboard Company in their first ArtPop Competition to be displayed throughout Beaufort county in 2016.
She was honored twice in being voted Best Artist by Maryland Magazine. Some of her awards include: the Sam Hemming Award for Watercolor from the Academy Art Museum the Canton Frame Award from the Baltimore Watercolor Society and her work being selected for Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s Birds in Art year long travel Exhibition.
Jennifer is represented by Troika Gallery, Easton, MD.
Her work can also be seen at her home studio and at Atelier on Bay, West Street, both in her home town of Beaufort, SC. She welcomes you to contact her with your interest at 410-490-4024, or jenniferheydwharton@gmail.com.
