About the Artist

Jennifer Sinclair is an Acrylic painter residing Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia.
Primarily self-taught, she has continued to learn and explore her artistic style through extended studies and regular practice.
Although she still loves playing and experimenting with many different mediums and subjects, her primary focus has been expressive portraits of people and animals using acrylics. Her portrait commissions are in private collections across Canada and as far as China.

Her love of nature and our connection to it inspire her original paintings that capture nature often in close up detail. She also welcomes commission inquiries of this variety.


Artist Statement

Through portraiture and figurative work, I explore the intricacies of connection, relationships, and emotion. My paintings tell a story as well as capture the subject's character and state of mind. My intent is for the viewer to feel connected to the beauty in ordinary things and to resonate with the emotion and love with which each piece is created.

Artist CV

  • Group Exhibitions & Performances
    2024 Kingston Square Foot Show (Juried)

    2024 Peggys Cove Area Festival of the Arts Studio Tour- Upper Tantallon
    2024 Petite Art Show Spring Has Sprung -Online- (Juried)
    2024 Square Foot Show- Summer- Online - (Juried)
    2024 PiArt Squared Exhibition-Art Alchemy- Toronto- (Juried)
    2024 Winter in the Bay- Peggy;s Cove Area Art’s Society-Various Locations
    2023 Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Art’s Studio Tour- Upper Tantallon
    2023 Prow Gallery Pop Up Show- Peggy’s Cove Area Arts Society-Halifax
    2023 Petite Art Show- Online (Juried)
    2023 Pre Shrunk Show 2023- Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Juried)
    2022 Mastrius Holiday Art Show, Online (Juried)
    2022 Federation of Canadian Artists- Ten Squared Exhibition- Online/Vancouver BC (Juried)
    2022 Mastrius 100 Days of Summer Art Show, Online (Juried)
    2022 Peggys Cove Area Festival of the Arts - Studio Tour, Upper Tantallon
    2022 Peggys Cove Area Festival of the Arts- Solstice Show, Degarthe Garage, Peggy’s Cove
    2021 Monochrome Show, Dart Gallery, Dartmouth, NS

  • 2022 Observational Portrait and Figure Drawing, NSCAD Extended Studies
    2021 Professional Artist Toolbox, Anna Leonowens Gallery Certificate Program, NSCAD Extended Studies
    2021 Introduction to Watercolour NSCAD Extended Studies
    2020 Introduction to Portraiture, NSCAD Extended Studies
    2020 Watercolour - Private instruction, Niaz Arian
    2010 Introduction to Acrylic Painting, NSCAD Extended Studies

  • Professional Experience
    2010 - Present - Self Employed Commission Based Portrait Artist
    2013 - Present - Self Employed Business Owner of 11 Years
    2016 - Present - Certified Master Dog Groomer and Certifier for the Canadian Professional Pet Stylists
    2016 - Present - Pet Grooming Educator

    Memberships
    2020- Present - Visual Arts Nova Scotia
    2020- Present - Peggy’s Cove Area Arts Society
    Awards & Nominations

    2024-Bronze- Specialty Arts Services- Halifax Community Votes
    2022 Nominated, Best Visual Artist, The Coast Best of Halifax Readers Poll