Hello and thank you for taking an interest in my work. My name is Jessica Torrant and you can find links to all of my online shops and products at www.livefunky.com.

To share a bit about me, I'm an only child, I've always danced to the beat of my own drum, and I believe that everyone should follow their dreams, no matter how far fletched. When I was a little girl I knew I wanted to make a living making art AND I wanted to live in the country AND I wanted to have a family. At the time (in the 80's) that dream seemed impossible. How was I to know that someday technology would provide me with the opportunity to have the best of all contradictory worlds?

I feel so thankful for the opportunity to share my work with the world and communicate one on one with my buyers. This mode of marketing my work really suits my personality, and my business style is based on that same human connection element. I want my buyers to be happy. That is my top priority. There's nothing like a return customer to make my day. It tells me, "Yes! You must be doing something right!".

As for an artist statement, I'm a painter driven by the moment and heartfelt intuition. I move color and line around without a clear idea of where I'll end up but a confident sense of direction in the moment. A work of art is an experience, it's an act of faith, and there is always something new that is discovered on this journey. When I am creating, I am connecting with something else and having an active conversation with it (or him or her). Sometimes I'm communicating with an emotion or experience within myself, or out to the universe, or simply with the materials themselves. I'm not the kind of artist that likes to make a set statement about anything. I like to make a solid, well crafted, abstract expression that is very definitely SOMETHING - but that something is different to each and every viewer.