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George Jennings is an artist who started his art career in his hometown of Washington, D.C. under the tutelage of his grandfather, accomplished Washington, D.C. artist John N. Robinson during the 1970's. George attended high school at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and upon graduation continued to hone his artistic abilities through self-training while serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1980's. During the 1990's, George and his wife moved to Seattle, Washington where he continued to further his art career. In 2004, his artwork was displayed twice at the Crispinal art gallery in Seattle (Belltown), Washington and in a private three day solo showing at The Red Lion hotel in downtown Seattle. In 2008, his portrait painting named Seattle was accepted into the juried gallery of the Edmonds Art Festival and sold to a private buyer. In the Spring of 2009, he was once again accepted into the Edmonds Art Festival's juried gallery with a portrait painting named Jade Dress. In the summer of 2009, he participated in the Downtown Renton (Washington) Art and Antique walk as well as in The 5th Annual Northwest African American Fine Art Exhibition at the Art Not Terminal gallery in Seattle, Washington where he sold a painting titled Ballerina.
George's artistic intent is best described in his own words below:
“My artist intent is to use a mixed medium of well-established artistic tools in a unique way to express a sense of peace and well-being through portraits, while maintaining both traditional and technical excellence. I get my inspiration through various cultural artistic identities such as Native American, Asian and African art forms meshed with modern society. I would like to show society that an African-American artist can appreciate and produce works that encompass many different cultures from around the world.”
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