Mountain Jen: Yakima Painter of Mountains
Yakima based Mountain Jen, a painter and photographer, is our guest for this episode.
Jen earned a graphic design degree from Perry Tech, began painting abstracts for herself, and then a friend asked her for a mountain. She sold every one of the roughly 30 small mountains she took to her next show. The conversation covers her chalk paint, sealed with wax and applied with cheap brushes in her dining room, the 16 foot canvas she painted at Crafted in Yakima, and the Open Country lager can she designed for Varietal in Sunnyside.
Jen also tells the story of a squirt gun chandelier built on a ferret ball for a competition in Tieton, and shares her Yakima picks for tacos, coffee and live music, including Seasons Performance Hall and Bearded Monkey. Scott closes by asking whether Yakima is the Palm Springs of Washington, and her answer involves mid century homes.
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Founder and editor of Explore Washington State, which he started on Anderson Island in 2010. A lifelong Washington resident who has lived in Tacoma, Ellensburg, Olympia and Seattle and now calls Wenatchee home, Scott curates every place we recommend and answers reader questions himself. He also hosts the Exploring Washington State podcast.
