About Me
Hey there! I'm Jen Worden, a maker of things and a painter of faces based in Nova Scotia, Canada. My studio practice is a constant conversation between tactile, physical materials and a lifelong obsession with the human expression. For me, building a piece of art is about assembling texture, depth, and story to capture the essence of who we are.
I’m less concerned with realism than with capturing a person's essence — that moment when a face stops being just a face and becomes someone who looks back.
This creative obsession is rooted in a lifetime of building and exploring. Before focusing on physical studio art, I spent many years living on a farm and hand-coding early websites at the dawn of the internet. Today, that same builder’s spirit defines my work. My husband and I designed and built our lakeside home here in rural Nova Scotia — a place chosen for its space to breathe, stretch, and create every single day.
Art has been a life-long obsession. It keeps me sane.
I'm so glad you found your way here, WELCOME. I hope you discover something in my work that feels familiar, challenging, and irrevocably human.
