Top of the Ridge

Growing up on a ‘dead end’ road in the country; Northwest Ohio-native artist, Jennifer Sowders, grew up spending a lot of time studying nature and it’s indelible thread is noted within her painted landscape and figurative series bodies of work.

A 1994 BFA graduate from the Columbus College of Art and Design, she has signature membership in: Ohio Watercolor Society, Kentucky Watercolor Society and Watercolor USA Honor Society. She holds associate membership in: Allied Artists, American Impressionist and National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Societies.

New to acrylic landscapes as of 2021, she debuted with an honorable mention in AcrylicWorks 9 : The Best of Acrylic and has been a finalist in every issue since. She is also an avid watercolorist, having 2 pieces in the Ohio Arts Council collection.

Her most recent accomplishments have been in receiving 2nd place in the landscape division of the Artists Magazine’s 40th Annual, and Grand Prize in International Artist magazine's Landscape challenge 2 years in a row ('24&'25).
She is currently represented by the Toledo Museum of Art’s Collector Corner and is actively welcoming further representation as well.

Jennifer opens up her Fostoria, Ohio studio and gallery space: MONgallery and Art Studio, every MONday to visitors. She coined “MON” to represent “Middle Of Nowhere” because of her rural location where she lives with husband, Gary and has 3 sons.