About the Artist
" I'm inspired by nature's visceral beauty, I'm drawn to the outdoors for inspiration and insight. I find that nature provides me with endless compositions to paint and countless color combinations to interpret. I am fortunate to live steps away from a Wilderness Preserve where I can create and express these observations in real time amongst the wildlife that surrounds me on a daily basis. My passion is to recreate the surrounding landscape into works filled with light, color, texture and form."
Brief Art Bio
Jeannine Savedra is a Southern California painter and art insrutctor with over twenty years of professional experience. She was born in Los Angeles and currently resides in the foothills of San Gabriel Valley where she grew up. She studied art in Los Angeles and received formal art training at Otis Art Institute, Parsons School of Design and California State University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art, a Master's degree in Arts & Humanities and a Teaching Credential in Art.
She first began teaching as a Studio Art Instructor at the Visual Arts and Design Academy where she taught drawing, painting and design at the Pasadena campus. While teaching during the day, she was also in the studio honing her painting skills and developing the techniques and methods necessary to do fine art restoration at the St. Gaudens Studio in Pasadena.
In '03 she began working part time at Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles as a Teaching Supervisor and Adjunct Faculty through 2015 and then went on to teach at the California School of the Arts-Visual Arts Conservatory.
In addition to being an Art Instructor she also worked as a Restoration Artist with the Maurine St. Gaudens Studio and for twenty years she did the painting restoration on over 2,000 oil paintings for art collectors, art dealers, galleries and museums, including numerous works in the permanent art collections of the Pasadena Museum of History, Cal Tech, the Moulton Museum in Laguna Hills, San Gabriel Country Club and the Sam Hyde Harris Estate.
Throughout the years of working as a studio painter, fine art restorer and art instructor Jeannine has garnered a comprehensive knowledge and versatility with color, brushwork and style that distinguishes her approach to painting. Presently, she spends much of her time painting outdoors and in the studio where she is likely restoring a work of art, teaching a lesson or putting the final touches on a painting for an upcoming exhibition. Currently her work is exhibited in local galleries, juried shows and museum exhibitions. For a complete resume and further inquiries, please contact the artist.
JURIED SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS
2026. ART MATTERS, San Marino Art League, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Ca
2025 LPAPA Squared, 6th Annual Juried Member Art Show, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Gallery, Laguna Beach
2025 Beyond The Brush, Mid Valley Arts League 70th Member Art Exhibit, Millard Sheets Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
2025 The Nature of Art- Solo Exhibit, Pasadena Public Library Hastings Branch, Pasadena, CA
2025 Jonathan Art Foundation Annual Auction and Fundraiser for the Arts, Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, CA
2025 A Summers's Night- Excellence in Tradtional Fine Arts Exhibit, California Art Club Virtual Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2025 Beyond the Diagnosis: The Art of Hope and Healing, The Baldwin Art Gallery, Sierra Madre, CA
2025 Pasadena Society of Artists 100th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA
2024 18th Annual Less Is More, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Art Catalogue Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA
2024 Nellie Gale Moulton/Laguna Plein Air Painters Assoc., Fairhaven Memorial Park Art Exhibition, Santa Ana, CA
(Plein Air Competition- 2nd Place Award)
2024 All Things Bright and Beautiful, The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, CA
2024 The Nature of Art, The San Marino Art League at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
2024 20th Annual Best In Plein Air, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Semi-finalist.
2023 Squared, Laguna Plein Air Painters Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2023 Diverse Environments of the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA
2023 Less Is More, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Art Catalogue Exhibition, Laguna Beach CA
2023 Amber, Amethyst and Aquamarine, Mid-Valley Arts League Juried Exhibit
(Chris Van Winkle Award Recipient)
2023 CAG Annual Faculty Show 2023, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2022 The Plein Aires Group, Crain Art Gallery, The Crowell San Marino Library
2022 Less Is More, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Auction Catalog
2022 Lumiere De California, California Art Club, Bonita Museum, Bonita, CA
2022 18th Annual Best of Plein Air, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Art Catalog Exhibition
2022 Seascapes and Landscapes, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 Color Comfort, Mid-Valley Arts League Juried Exhibition
(Landscape Category- First Place Award Recipient)
2022 CAG Faculty Show 2022, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2021 Art Unmasked, Mid-Valley Arts League Juried Exhibition
(Chris Van Winkle Award Recipient)
2021 CAG Faculty Show 2021, Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA
2020 New Members Exhibit-Pasadena Society of Artists, McGintry's Art Gallery, Altadena, CA
2020 Solo Exhibit, La Canada-Flintridge Public Library, La Canada, CA
2019 Landscapes En Plein Air Group Art Show, Duarte Historical Museum, Duarte, CA
2019 Intuitive, Brave, Bold and Unfold- Mid Valley Arts League Juried Exhibition at Chaffey Museum, Ontario, CA
2019 Solo Exhibit, Mid-Valley Arts League Gallery, Temple City, CA
2018 Re: Imagination, MVAL Juried Show, Chaffey Community Museum, Ontario, CA
