For the ones who bring the wild home.
You don't buy art to fill space. You buy it because a piece catches your eye, just like in nature, and something in you goes quiet. Because you want your home to feel like the places that restore you. Because the way you live says something about what you believe.
If wild places matter to you, if you've ever stood in front of a mountain or watched an animal move through the water and felt impossibly grateful to be alive, you're in the right place.
Hello! I'm Jenny
I paint wildlife and wild places in expressive watercolor, with hidden elements tucked into landscapes for the collectors who look closely. My work is collected across all 50 states and internationally, featured in global press, and 10% of every sale goes directly to wildlife conservation.
Every painting I make is an invitation to find that wonder and joy of the wild.
My work is made entirely with ecofriendly, sustainably sourced materials, shipped in sustainable packaging, and backed by a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. Originals and prints live in homes from Colorado to coastal Australia, from mountain cabins to city penthouses. The collectors who find me tend to stay. If you'd like to be the first to know when new work arrives, join my Inside Tribe below. Originals go fast.
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Where do you get your inspiration?
I grew up in Colorado, where the mountains were my backyard and wonder was just part of daily life. We left the front door open and everything wandered in: raccoons, deer, once even a black bear. I learned early that wild places don't just give us beauty. They give us joy, wonder, and something greater than ourselves.
That sense of wonder led me across the globe. A bachelor's in biology, a master's in stream ecology, field research in Alaska and across the continental US, marine biology in New Zealand, wildlife conservation in East Africa, guiding international expeditions.
My art brings those stories to you - the perfect and fragile ecological systems underneath the beauty, the magic of moments in the wild that stop you cold, and a lifelong desire to protect what I have spent a lifetime loving.
What is your art education background?
I have loved art since I was a little kid. When I wasn't outside, I was hiding in my room drawing horses. At family reunions my cousins still tease me for being the shy one in the corner with a sketchbook.
I took AP art through high school and have studied with some of my favorite watercolor painters, but mostly I have learned by doing. Thousands of hours of drawing, painting, and trying new things. My practice is born of persistence and a love of learning.
After years in the sciences, I returned to art after a season of burnout, when I needed something that was just mine. What I rediscovered was not a hobby. It was a portal back to the wonders that inspired me in the first place. Every painting I make is a celebration of the joys nature offers us.
Life In the Studio
Nate and I run Sage Leaf Studio out of Boulder, Colorado. He's a civil engineer by day and my biggest believer always - the one who saw this business before I did, who builds the systems that keep it running, and who has dinner ready when I surface from a painting session at 9pm.
Bodie is the cat. He supervises from warm surfaces and occasionally joins us on hikes and camping trips, which tells you everything you need to know about the kind of household this is.
In my off hours you'll find me reading, riding my bike, or aggressively pursuing any chocolate within a ten-foot radius.
This is a small, intentional operation built on the belief that a beautiful life and a beautiful planet are the same story. We wouldn't have it any other way.