Kathy Jennings resides in the Southwest portion of the state of Virginia, in a region celebrated for its Appalachian Mountain culture. Both sides of her family have inhabited this wild and beautiful area for more than 200 years. Starting to paint with oils on canvas at the age of 12, making visual images has always been a basic nature of her being. Her art education and techniques are mostly self-taught. Kathy describes herself as an observer of nature. The images she creates naturally contain things with life in them. Kathy has a true fascination with the human face, but she especially loves animals.