Jen Longshaw is an artist and writer living
on a farm on the North Island of New Zealand. Her work has been published
in Klauw (in Dutch), Theosophy New Zealand, The Young Theosophist and
The Web. Jen has also had poetry published in several anthologies of New
Zealand verse as well as having a book of her own work "At
the End of a Golden Afternoon" released when she was 19. Online
she has been the contributing editor for Animal Arts and Crafts at Suite101
as well as having had work included in the ezine eThis, Eternal Night,
Paralinks and Elvis Presley
News and harrysaratoga.com. She is also Content Manager for Passion
For Paint and Kiwi Herald.
She holds a Diploma in Journalism for the New Zealand Institute of Business
Studies and a Diploma in Art and Creativity from The Learning Connexion
NZ.
Her
obsession with animals began in childhood where she made numerous attempts
to introduce various stray kittens to her parent's home. A low point was
having her pet frog "disappeared" but on reflection she feels that allowing
it to sit on the kitchen table during breakfast might have finally driven
her mother over the edge. Since then she has raised rabbits specializing
in English and French Angoras . Presently she also has a donkey, bantams,
birds, four cats and a goat called Stig. She has an especial interest
in treating animals naturally with homeopathy, herbs and homeobotanical
therapies. You can read more about their goings on here.
Jen's artwork has been
exhibited within New Zealand and is currently in various private collections
including several overseas. Besides painting in watercolor and acrylic
she uses pen and ink, often in the pointillist style. Her work can be
bought as an original or as a limited edition print or card. Her subjects
range from floral to animals with the bulk of her commissioned work being
for pet portraits. Besides conventional 2D work Jen also paints in the
round or 3D on rocks. Rock painting forms the major part of her output
and besides undertaking private commissions her work is found in several
retail outlets throughout New Zealand. Some examples of her art can be
found here and
she has work available for sale.
Her working diary can be read here.
Her other interests include
Theosophy and spirituality, music, gardening, spinning, pressed flower
work, reading and writing. Jen also has a mail-order business called The
Menagerie specializing in books, collectibles and artwork with an animal
theme.he also founded the Ehlers
Danlos Foundation of New Zealand.
To find out about her latest writing and art
on the WWW and beyond Follow
@JenLongshaw
Her
obsession with animals began in childhood where she made numerous attempts
to introduce various stray kittens to her parent's home. A low point was
having her pet frog "disappeared" but on reflection she feels that allowing
it to sit on the kitchen table during breakfast might have finally driven
her mother over the edge. Since then she has raised rabbits specializing
in English and French Angoras . Presently she also has a donkey, bantams,
birds, four cats and a goat called Stig. She has an especial interest
in treating animals naturally with homeopathy, herbs and homeobotanical
therapies. You can read more about their goings on