Artist Statement

My practice is deeply meditative, cultivating space for my thoughts through sacred geometric patterns with illustrative details. Overlapping circles are a simple yet specific motif, used in decorative art since antiquity. Embracing the calming rhythm of drafting patterns using a ruler and compass, I’m capturing time within the transparent layers of oil paint. I work in the tradition of the Theosophical Painters, using esoteric symbols and landscapes with intimate meanings. The Memento Mori is a familiar theme in Art History, but the counter point is Memento Vivere - Remember to Live. In composing images with rich colors and meaning I’m remembering that life is persistent and hopeful.

The artist, a blonde haired white woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt with a navy sweater, sitting at the easel with a painting in process and tools in hand — Jen Hintz Eggers is a lifelong resident of Delaware and earned a BFA in painting at the University of Delaware in 2008. She is the founder of The Ladies’ Art House and maintains a studio practice at the Studios@ The Delaware Contemporary. Her work has been displayed locally and regionally, including the Susquehanna Art Museum, the University of Mary Washington Gallery, and the Visionary Art Collective. Currently Jen is teaching painting and drawing with the New Castle County Art Studio and Delaware Technical Community College. She lives near Wilmington, DE with her husband, son, and cats.