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Jennifer Harrison was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 1972 and was raised in the neighbouring suburb of Burlington.

After nearly ten years of professional practise, Harrison has exhibited extensively in galleries in both Canada and the United States. As a self-taught painter, her work has been represented at the prestigious Outsider Art Fair in New York City since 2002. Today she continues to live and work in the west end of Toronto.

Harrison's trademark texture is achieved in several layers. Primed canvases are coated with a thick layer of acrylic polymer, then the wet putty is carved into with paint scrapers, knives and brushes. A coat of dark paint is applied as an undercoat and then finally, a heavy topcoat of colour. Though bright-seeming for the average house, Harrison's colours are more accurate than they appear and are easily found throughout the city. During walks through local alleyways, samples of peeling paint are collected from garages and fences and later matched in the studio with artists' oils.