Jeanne K Simmons

Jeanne was born and raised in coastal New Hampshire. She grew up exploring neighborhood marshes, woods, and the Atlantic coastline with her four semi-feral siblings. She graduated from the Maine College of Art in 1991 with a BFA in Sculpture, and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture the following summer. In 1992, Jeanne briefly attended graduate school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She moved to the Pacific Northwest a short time later where she met her husband and fellow artist, Gunter Reimnitz. Jeanne and Gunter moved to Port Townsend, Washington in 1999, where they raised their two wonderful kids creatively and close to nature. Jeanne currently enjoys having daily wild adventures with her three rescue dogs. Together they discover the materials, landscapes, and seascapes that inspire her work. Jeanne’s work has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the Pacific Northwest and has been published in national and international books, magazines, and journals. She is currently preparing for a show at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and is collaborating on a film about her work with filmmaker Ward Serrill (Heart of the Game, The Bowmakers, Dancing with the Dead).