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“Art is my life, my passion…” JCH.

Jean Christofori Howton is an artist from the Pacific Northwest, USA. She is dually located in Oregon, USA, and in Normandy, France. Over the years Jean has produced multitudes of painting and drawings which are displayed in private collections, worldwide. She has developed a reputation through her exhibitions in the US and in Europe.

Jean has produced a wide variety of subjects from representational to abstract. She has the ability and the skill of the artist to manage different type of mediums and subjects. All of her works are the result of soft yet solid and sensitive inspiration. The evolution from the earlier works show her eagerness to evolve within her own style. The quality of the detail, the richness and subtlety of the colors, gives strength to these paintings.

“…Jean’s newest work is, in a word, extraordinary… Jean has actually translated to the canvas how jazz feels to the ear”. Catherine Lenox, National Public Radio, April 2001
Jean following one of her recent shows in Ukraine.