Eunice McMullen, Children's Literary Agent Ltd


Jenny was born in Norfolk and brought up in Shropshire. After leaving school she went to Florence to study with the painter Russell Foreman.

On her return she did a foundation course at Shrewsbury Art College followed by a degree at Farnham. In 1976 she began exhibiting her oil paintings while teaching part-time.


		In 1978 Jenny stopped painting in order to raise a family and in 1983 began painting in watercolours and exhibiting regularly. When the family moved to Wales in 1992 she began to paint on a larger scale, painting the farming community in Powys. Work for Channel 4 and the BBC followed before Jenny began illustrating children's books in 1998.

Titles include:- DANNY AND THE GREAT WHITE BEAR by Anne Cottringer – Macmillan HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMELIA by Nicola Moon – Pavilion WHEN I GROW UP by Lenny Gooding – Macmillan THE SAND BEAR by Shen Roddie – Bloomsbury HARRY'S BOX by Angela McAllister – Bloomsbury
© Jenny Jones