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What I do

Fine Art & Portraits

Original paintings and drawings, personal series, and commissioned portraits of people and pets.

Art is a passion, a release, and a friend. Alongside chalk murals, I create fine art, pastel drawings, charcoal drawings, and more. I specialize in portraiture and do commissioned pictures of pets and family members.

I also take part in local art shows, mostly with chalk pastel drawings, including the Women Who Rock exhibition at Hodgepodge Gallery and Art on the Beltline, where I was an exhibition finalist.

Pastel painting of a girl with golden hair and lowered eyes, in soft blues and yellows
Charcoal portrait of a woman in a beret and sunglasses reflecting a building
Black and white charcoal study of a classical marble bust with curly hair
Sepia pastel portrait of a woman in profile with long straight hair and bangs
Charcoal portrait of a woman with bangs resting her arm on her head
Charcoal drawing of a woman singing passionately into a microphone
Pastel portrait of a red-haired woman with pale blue eyes, a strand of hair across her lips

Process

Chalk in motion

Ways to work together

Ways to commission

  • Portraits of peopleCommissioned portraits of family members and loved ones.
  • Pet portraitsCommissioned pictures of the pets in your life.
  • Original drawings and paintingsPastel and charcoal drawings and paintings, from personal work to exhibitions.
  • Personal seriesOngoing portrait series in chalk. Explore the Portrait Series.

Selected projects

Projects and stories

Process and planning

How a portrait comes together

I arrange reference images in Photoshop until I have the composition I want, and then draw from it. For Wilder, I recreated a photograph of the musician by photographer Liesa Cole.

The Portrait Series collects my flower portraits, the Friends of Flight 93 memorial portraits, the culture series, and fine art drawings.

Instagram

I create stories through faces

A few frames from recent festivals and street art projects. Follow @jessiqueenart for more.

Street chalk portrait of a woman half hidden behind white daisies and wildflowers
Chalk portrait of a woman with red lips and gold stars in her dark hair, Jessi drawing beside it
Chalk portrait of a blonde woman crowned with golden roses, a monarch butterfly on a daisy
Chalk portrait of a Black woman wearing a crown of lavender origami cranes
Jessi in a sun hat beside her chalk portrait of a pink-haired girl crowned with strawberries
Jessi in a sun hat painting bold red, yellow and blue strokes across a chalk portrait’s eyes
Jessi standing above a large chalk reproduction of a classical painting of a veiled woman and cherubs
Jessi drawing a chalk portrait of a woman surrounded by monarch butterflies
Close street chalk portrait of a woman gazing upward with a blue bow in her curls
Chalk portrait of a woman with long blue hair holding a deep blue rose
Chalk portrait of a young woman wearing a crown of antlers and orange flowers
Chalk portrait of a Black woman framed by a bright patterned head wrap and mosaic halo
Chalk portrait of a young man in a black hat against a golden sun
Chalk portrait of a smiling Black woman with white plumeria flowers in her hair
Jessi drawing a green-toned chalk portrait of a woman covering her face with her hands
Jessi blending a chalk portrait of a blonde woman surrounded by orange and purple flowers
Chalk portrait of a woman with hummingbirds and purple morning glories
Chalk portrait of a blonde woman beside a bright yellow orchid

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