I first met Jeni Bate at the Art Walk street festival in the Little Italy district of San Diego. I was intrigued by her mixed media watercolor paintings. My father was an expert at watercolor painting so I appreciated her control and expressionistic treatment shown in the pieces but what made them extraordinary is the way she cuts up the painted paper and then re-assembles them into physical patterns on the canvas that underscore the subject matter of sky and grand vistas.
Once I learned that she was…
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