Early life

Jael completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 at the University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

, completing her Secondary Certification in 1973. Afterwards she taught at several Utah

Utah

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 high schools, teaching fine-arts at Clarke College in Nevada

Nevada

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 between 1974 and 1980 while publishing and completing private commissions in her spare time.

Work

Her works have been featured in calendars, books, magazines and other publications. She also makes perceptual or interpretive paintings and portraits.

She has been nominated numerous times for the Chesley Awards. Jael continues to produce art and provide on-line art instruction. Having been an artist for close to 50 years, she has created more than 38,000 paintings and images, many housed in collections.

Contributions to collections

• The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Art Techniques, Quarto Publishing, 1996.
• Spectrum 3, Spectrum 4, and Spectrum 8 (semi-annual publications featuring contemporary fantastic art)
• Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery, 2002.
• Frank Collection, Volume 1
• Frank Collection, Volume 2
• Frank Collection, Volume 3 (forthcoming, 2007)

External links

• Official website