Jenny Walton

 Jenny Walton holds a BFA from Central Washington University and an MFA from American University (D.C. and Italy). Walton has shown nationally in New York, Miami, Boston, and Seattle and internationally in Italy. She was awarded an Artistic Fellowship from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities among several other grants and residencies including Vermont Studio Center, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center and Hamilton Princess, Bermuda. She has been critically published in several catalogs and articles and her work is held in several distinguished private and public collections.  She lives and works in the Washington D.C. Area. 

The Therapy Drawings are a series of works created using various drawing mediums that attempt to build endurance and drawing ability after significant damage and repair were done to my drawing arm.  After extensive physical therapy that worked on strength and mobility I needed to regain the fine motor skills for drawing.  Each drawing was done in an attempt to keep lines straight, continuity within the left to right motion across the paper, and to rebuild endurance.  The choice of drawing medium, from ballpoint pen to marker, and pen and ink were chosen for the amount of friction encountered across the paper.  These drawings serve as incremental meditations on the process of regaining ability, marking the slow yet steady return of my connection to the act of creating.