Imagine how special it would be to capture your great-grandmother's necklace, your family's china or your mother's favourite flower with a painting just for you. Now you can.
Inspired by her own collection of family treasures, Tauranga watercolour and oil artist Jenny Coker creates commissioned art featuring family keepsakes.
Jenny is a multitalented artist who paints florals, botanicals, still life and portraiture in watercolour and oil. She has participated in several Tauranga Garden and Arts Festivals and will feature in an episode of the popular Australian show Colour In Your Life, which screens across the globe this month.
Jenny's Nostalgia series is a collection of small oil paintings taking a modern approach, showcasing items such as pearls, silverware, roses, poetry books and more. Jenny, who is inspired by early masters such as Vermeer and Degas, enjoys creating a unique blend to celebrate family history, unique tokens of remembrance or to commemorate a birthday or milestone.
"I get great pleasure from building detailed images of precious items into evocative, timeless paintings that capture a family's story," she says.