Maintaining an art studio in Detroit, Michigan, Jennifer Somes Chope paints in oil following the tradition of earlier representational artists and focusing on still life and landscape.  . She is a third generation artist; both of her grandfathers were artists.  Her father is an engineer and so she is attracted to the arrangement of things, composition, color, light, shapes, reflections, shadows – the dance of light and color between objects and their surroundings.  “Painting for me is a joyous affirmation of life and its inherent beauty; an opportunity to ‘swing my arms and swing my mind’.”  She continues her art education by traveling around the country to study with various other established artists

Education:       
Edith and Benson Ford Merit Scholarship recipient - College for Creative Studies
Wayne State University
University of Grenoble,    France
Miami University of Ohio
Stephens College

Artists studied with:
Kim English, Don Hatfield, Stuart Shils, Perry Austin, Dee Beard Dean,  Shannon Smith, and the Plein Air Painters of the South East.

Artists whose work and philosophy are of influence:  Scott Christensen, John F. Carlson, Charles Hawthorne, Edgar Payne, Kevin MacPherson, Richard Schmid and in general the French impressionist/ post impressionist movement.

Exhibitions:
Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs, Michigan
The Pioneer Building, Detroit, Michigan
Joie de Vie, Birmingham, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Port Huron Museum of Art, Port Huron, Michigan


Galleries:
The Tvedten Gallery - Harbor Springs, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Art Association – Grosse Pointe, Michigan
The Pioneer Building – Detroit, Michigan