Jenna Herbst discovered in 2020 that she enjoyed drawing with colored pencils, moving slowly over the paper and taking a month or so for each drawing. Then, curious about paint, she started using watercolor and ink to make illustration type work. From there, she wanted brighter, thicker colors, and moved to acrylics, which is what she uses now. Mostly on canvas and sometimes on wood, she creates images from her imagination of how light and joy erupt through our lives and experiences, and also how the transformative element of the heart allows love to come through even the darkest of experience. Her pieces are illustrative, sometimes containing elements of magic. Jenna’s other profession of counseling and teaching informs her work, as she is deeply interested in healing and awakening. She is currently working on writing and illustrating a book.

Outside of painting, Jenna has an M.Div. from the Naropa University, and does coaching. She is also a musician, and you can find one of her albums, “Songbird,” on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube.