Jennifer Harrison (born 1972)
Jennifer Harrison (born 1972)
Jennifer Harrison was born in Hamilton, Ontario and currently works and resides in Toronto. Harrison is best known for painting scenes of old houses crowded together on the streets of Toronto. Her fascination with houses can be traced back to her childhood when she discovered that she cared more about dollhouses than dolls. She also loved to construct buildings with LEGO and other toys. The houses on her canvases emerge from geometric shapes defined with planes of color and thickly textured surfaces. For Harrison, houses are symbols of status, wealth, and history and because they “serve as containers for events and personalities.” The houses she portrays are either inspired by or located in the neighborhood where Harrison lives. Recently, her work has expanded to include more of the natural landscape with a focus on trees and more intimate village scenes. Using the same textural technique, birch trees and pines rise to dominate the landscape and punctuate the spaces between houses, garages, and trailers. Harrison has exhibited extensively in galleries in both Canada and the United States. Her work has been represented at the Outsider Art Fair in New York City since 2002.
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