Jessica Hess, Oil Painter

Describe your art in three words.
"Bold, bright, and brazen."

What’s your biggest art-related accomplishment?
"Without a doubt it’s the fact that I have been self-employed and supporting myself off my art for the last six years. It isn't easy, but it’s a huge accomplishment in this economy."

Do you have a go-to gallery outfit?
"I sure do — skinny black jeans and heels with a marching-band jacket. That's what I will be wearing at my next opening this September at Spoke Art."

Photographed by Anna-Alexia Basile