Jeanine Kemp was born and raised in Northern California in an artistic family environment (the oldest of seven children). Both of her grandmothers were painters and stressed the importance of art in their grandchildren’s lives. She began her first art class in charcoal and pencil sketching when she was nine years old. Even at an early age, art was turned to by Jeanine as a creative outlet and as means to define herself in a large family, though at times, her younger siblings made working with paints and charcoals difficult. Her grandmother recognized this and purchased her...more
