Jennifer Hollack was born in Dallas, Texas and received her B.A. in architecture from the University of Arizona in 1991 and has studied architecture and fine art at the Aegean Center for the Arts on Paros, Greece. Beyond all else, her mother's boundless creativity had the most effect on her life. She says every holiday our house was covered with handmade items showing her spirit. Birthday part
...see more »ies always had themes and decorations. We would enter parades with floats built around our bicycles. You name it Mom could build it, design it, and basically create it. I have never known the limits of what can be accomplished. If things went her way Jennifer Hollack would live in a little house made from stones on the sun drenched Greek island of Paros. She would spend her days barefoot down by the sea painting people and boats and at night, she would eat fish and dance with the old men and women of the village. This love affair with far away places took root while studying architecture and fine art at the Aegean Center for the Arts on Paros. Her love of exotic cultures and examination of the history of a people have enriched her work and ideas with an expressive fascination for color, texture, pattern and form. When she was in Venice, she saw the most beautiful piece of glass art. She took all her spending money and invested it in that vase. It was her big splurge. Today, she paints a piece of art thinking this is someone's big splurge. With that in mind, she tries to create a piece that is beyond her expectations wanting it to be the best piece that she can paint.« see less
