Jenny Wantuch Swedish

Jenny Margareta Linnéa Wantuch (artist signature JMLW) is an oil painter with a focus on urban and rural landscapes. Inspired by the complexity and beauty of life as well as nature and her own imagination, she enjoys exploring  her inner and outer world.  In her art, she seeks to find visual harmony while also allowing a dynamic movement. She creates a strong visual impact by using color harmony and expressive compositions.

Wantuch was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. For many of her family members, self-expression was a natural part of life -whether playing a musical instrument, crafts, writing, storytelling, or painting. From an early age, she loved to draw, paint and write. Her family has for generations worked as farmers, and since the 1600’s lived in the area around Uppsala. During her childhood in Sweden, Wantuch spent most of her summers at the farm. She developed a deep interest and appreciation for the beauty of nature.

With experience working in environmental engineering, Wantuch moved to Northern California in 2001. When starting her master’s degree at UC Berkeley in Environmental Engineering in 2004, Wantuch rediscovered her interest in visual arts, and decided to make a career change and commit to her childhood dream to become an artist. She has taken studio art and art history classes at College of San Mateo and Academy of Art University. Wantuch holds a degree in Multimedia Art & Technology from Cañada College in Redwood City, California.

Wantuch is a full time artist, working from her studio at Hunters Point Shipyards.  She has received outstanding acknowledgement from European artist Olle Bonniér. Wantuch has exhibited her paintings in the US and Sweden. Her work has private collectors in USA and in Europe. Her work also belongs to the collections at Sutter Health Mission Bernal Campus in San Francisco and at The Trousdale in Burlingame.