About
Jeanne Williamson Ostroff is a mixed media artist who works mainly with fabric and is inspired by the grids and holes of orange construction fences.
She has been sewing since childhood and has a BFA in Fibers/Crafts from Philadelphia College of Art (The University of the Arts). In addition to being trained as an artist, Jeanne has a MSAEd in Art Education from Massachusetts College of Art.and attended residencies at the Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY and the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
Her work is in several museum, corporate, hospital, and collections, and in private homes, and has been exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and online.
Licensed prints have been available at Crate & Barrel, Anthropologie, Annie Selke, and Pottery Barn. Prints are also sold by art licensing companies, where they have been purchased to hang in hospitality settings.
Jeanne’s work has been published in many books and magazines.
Her work is available through Artful Home, Artfully Walls, and through Jeanne herself.
Jeanne lives in Natick, Massachusetts, with her husband Joshua Ostroff.
To learn more about Jeanne and her art, read her blog, follow her on Instagram, visit her Facebook page.
Watch three videos about Jeanne below or watch the short video about her work, and the longer version about her art and inspiration, and the interview, Innovation Showcase: Jeanne Williamson Ostroff: Wordle Paintings on NewTV Community on YouTube.
Read this interview on The World of Threads: Jeanne Williamson of Natick, Massachusetts, USA or this story in Women’s Activism.NYC.
Jeanne authored the how-to books, Uncommon Cards (Running Press, 2013), and The Uncommon Quilter (Potter Craft/Random House, 2007).
Most of the art work on this site is available for an exhibition, and for sale. If you would like prices and availability, or just want to say hello, please contact Jeanne.
On the cover of Quilt National ’05: The Best of Contemporary Quilts published by Lark Books
Orange Construction Fence Series #29
Mixed media on fabric on both the front and back, quilted
46” x 38”
2003
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