Jenny Eggleston is a Raleigh, NC – based artist, poet, and art teacher. Classically trained as a nature illustrator, she now uses images found in nature to create beautiful surrealistic figurative mindscapes that are emotive, sensual, and at times provocative. Eggleston interweaves art with poetry, moving smoothly from one creative expression to another to help the viewer both see and feel her intent.
Surrealists such as Eggleston, tap into their subconscious minds, which they believe to be the source of all imagination and creativity. Concerned with the rapid recording of their unconscious and freely associated thoughts, the putting of pencil, pen, and crayon to paper is incredibly appealing and produces a prodigious output of drawings.
“I try not to plan a drawing, only to respond to a basic mood, to explore. I quiet my mind and let the pencil rest and watch what starts to emerge”
~ Jenny Eggleston