Arthur Jens's Profile on BoundlessGallery.com

Member since:
Jun-19-08
Registered in:
United States

I did not start painting until the age of 33. When I met my wife one of our first dates was to the Guggenheim Museum. I was culturally deprived and this was the first time that I had gone to a museum. I was fascinated by Kadinsky's and Piccaso's work. I was quite naive about art and I exclaimed to my future wife that I thought I could paint like some of the artists that I saw that day. She called my bluff and bought me a water color set. I started painting and truly found what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. It has [see more]

I did not start painting until the age of 33. When I met my wife one of our first dates was to the Guggenheim Museum. I was culturally deprived and this was the first time that I had gone to a museum. I was fascinated by Kadinsky's and Piccaso's work. I was quite naive about art and I exclaimed to my future wife that I thought I could paint like some of the artists that I saw that day. She called my bluff and bought me a water color set. I started painting and truly found what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. It has been a 14 years since I started painting and I still enjoy picking up the brush and sitting in front of a blank canvas and thinking about the possibilities of what will take shape. I hope that you enjoy my paintings as much as I have enjoyed getting the opportunity to paint them [hide]