Biography of Jenny Floravita
Jenny Floravita was born to be an artist. She began her studies in painting, drawing, music and dance as a small child, excelling in all. Her life in the San Francisco Bay Area afforded her great exposure to the arts.
Jenny won numerous awards as a young artist including four California Governor’s Medallions and four California State Seals, two each for art and dance. After receiving several scholarships, Jenny went on to study and receive her formal art degree through University of California, Santa Cruz. She lived and worked in Santa Cruz as a graphic designer and fine art painter for several years before re-locating to her family’s home town in the Delta.
Since 2000, Jenny Floravita’s fine art career has blossomed. She has exhibited in numerous galleries and high-end art festivals. Jenny’s journey in creating her elegant reverse glass painted chandeliers began in the early summer of 2007 and since then she has added her beautiful custom hand painted glass chandeliers to her line of oil and watercolor paintings.
Jenny Floravita's Vision for her Reverse Painted Glass Chandeliers aka 'Illuminated Painted Glass Gardens'
"I love painting on glass because of the expressive feeling that I am able to infuse into every flower petal, leaf, bird and brush stroke. Exotic flowers and birds are a favorite subject because they bring the sounds, smells and sights from my travels through warm lands into each of my illuminated painted glass gardens. I use my hand slumped glass as my canvas and the resulting illuminated paintings are like a glimpse into another world.
My special painting technique makes my flowers and leaves look as if they will pop right out of the glass and allows me to paint with the same freedom felt when exploring a deserted island beach or a hidden garden. There is an amazing 3 dimensional effect to my glass paintings that captivates viewers and makes them feel as if they have a blooming flower garden that is ready to burst out of the glass at any moment. Every time you look at my illuminated painted glass gardens, you will see something new.
I want you to know that I pour my heart and soul into each of my custom hand painted glass chandeliers. Each one is painted and signed by me and know that each of my reverse painted glass chandeliers are unique".
Jenny Floravita's Vision for her Tropical Paintings
"The tropics have always been a place that I hold dear in my heart; the air and its dense humid nature; the scent of the Hawaiian Island flowers and sea breezes; the hues and textures of the cocoa palm I love everything about the tropics. It was in Florida while attending a reception for my work at an international gallery that I discovered the wonderfully serene and world re-known Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens. I knew that my career as an artist would be forever changed by this enchanting eighty-three acre tropical wonderland and though I travel to different island each year, the visions that I absorbed at Fairchild still influence my works. Almost 10 years later, I am still traveling to tropical lands, sometimes revisiting places of comfort and each time I am able to see the this beautiful world in which I pain in fresh, new ways. It is my life’s mission to continually visit these gorgeous climates throughout the world and gather together the wonderful feelings, sounds, smells and sights through my passion for painting.
My current series of island paintings is focused on the dynamic mountain ranges of the Hawaiian Islands. I love how they rise up like a dragon and fall into the sea, adding a very dynamic elements to my landscape compositions. Square painting compositions and large scale work, will also be a big theme in my 2010 tropical island painting".
Listed are a few of Floravitas exhibits, featured articles & awards. Floravitas oil, watercolor and glass chandelier paintings have appeared in galleries and shows around the US and in Dubai. Floravita also exhibits at high-end art festivals in CA.
Mendocino Art Center, 2009
Weber Art Gallery, 2009
Weber Fridley Art Gallery, 2008
Kumquat Art Gallery, SF, spring and winter solo shows, 2008present
Represented by Parades Publishing, Fine Arts, 2007present
Daily Painters.com Gallery 2006present
Art Miami in the Wynwood Art District, 2007
Art Miami, 2007
Lorelie Cove Art Gallery, 2007
Not Only Baja Art Gallery, 2005-2007
Featured Artist, Evergreen Fine Arts & Fine Crafts Festival, 2007
Featured Artist, Walnut Creek Art & Wine Festival, 2006
Spaces Magazine, featured artist article, 2006
Best of the Best, Danville Fine Arts Gallery exhibit, 2006
Genesis Fine Art Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2005
Blackhawk Art Gallery, 2000-2005
110 Degree Magazine, featured artist article, 2004
Solo Exhibit, Coral Gables International Art Gallery, in Coral Galbes and Miami FL, 2003
Solo Exhibit, Coral Gables International Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, 2003
Pen & Brush Exhibit, New York City, 2002
Ashley Fine Arts Gallery, Capitola, CA, 2000-2002
Featured Artist in Open House Magazine, 2001 to present
Sally Bookman Gallery, Capitola, CA 1999-2000
In addition, to many, many other awards from Floravita's youth...
Santa Cruz Natural History Museum exhibit, 1996
Cover Painting for Chinquapin, an arts publication, 1994
Four California State Seal Awards and four Governors Medallion, which are the highest awards that can be presented to a high school student in the arts, 1990-1992
Award of Excellence in Fine Art, Bank of America, 1992