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Jeanne Weaver paints full time at her Studio on the Chesapeake Bay. Her day typically starts with a walk on the beach. It is there where she often receives the inspiration for her paintings - the warm golden sunlight glistening on an early morning silver bay, a dense fog rolling in or perhaps a thunderstorm on the horizon. All are potential paintings.

She keeps her little pocket camera and sketch book close at hand to capture whatever may spark an interest at any particular moment. Stacks of images and note filled sketches fill her desk waiting to be transformed into a water color study to be used later in an oil painting. Some will fill a small miniature canvas, perhaps three and one half inches by five inches in size; others may compose large canvases or an occasional finished watercolor painting.

Sometimes Weaver strays from her sea related work to paint subjects found in her travels within the United States or abroad. Most recently she produced thirty paintings from a two month visit to the country of Bangladesh.

Back from her walk on the beach, during warmer weather, Weaver may choose to gather up her field kit of paints and head to an interesting area to paint plein-air (definition: to paint from life outdoors). She may work on some watercolor studies or compose a small miniature painting. Later in the morning when the sun begins to fill her studio windows she will begin to work at the easel. There are always two or more paintings in her studio waiting to be worked on and completed. On any typical day Weaver will paint until the late afternoon or early evening.   

Weaver's world goes far beyond her studio. For over thirty years she traveled with her husband and four children around the world living in eight different countries on the continent of Africa and in Eastern Europe. These experiences have molded her artistic interest and given her inspiration.

For the past five years her home on Grandview Island in Hampton has given her the chance to spend time pursuing her dream of becoming a full time artist. She still takes advanced classes, works various commissions and helps to manage and run Blue Skies Gallery which she co-owns. In other words, Weaver’s lifelong interest in art is now her way of life. 

More information on Jeanne Weaver can be found at her website www.studio-onthebay.com