In these environments she’s alert to moments when light, color, texture, and form align in a way that speak to her. She paints in the open airas a means to capture those moments and explores them further in the studio.
Lately, she finds inspiration from the way nature and man-made structures intersect and overlap. Whether it be how an old barn leans onto the side of a hill, a road winds through a farm, or a bridge stretches across a river.
Jessica Dalrymple was born and raised in Bedford Hills, NY. She studied Fine Art at Hamilton College and trained as a painter at The Art Student’s League of New York (primarily with Gregg Kreutz) and The Corcorran School of Art. She also studied with landscape painters in rural locations (primarily with Scott Christenson). She now lives in Jersey City and maintains her studio in Greenwich Village..
She divides her time painting urban and rural subject matter. Some of her favorite painting sites are right out her door; the Village, the Hudson River, Jersey City, and Newark. Her favorite rural sites include the Hudson River Valley, the Catskills, and upstate New York.