Jenny Odom

Artist, musician and local favorite, Jenny Odom, is well-known for her vibrant paintings, easily spotted in any number of homes and businesses throughout the Forgotten Coast and beyond. Whatever subject she chooses, her signature style is immediately recognizable. Her process is at once very specific and yet very loose and playful. The particular steps she uses to create her acrylic and collage canvases serve as a vehicle for her imagination to run free, allowing the paintings to unfold without knowing exactly where they will end up.

From childhood, Jenny was always drawn to the arts, which led her to studio art and graphic design studies at Flagler College in St. Augustine, before embarking on a career in advertising and publishing. But with her creative sensibility, it wasn't long before she left the corporate world to focus on making fine art, developing her painting discipline and her audience in Phoenix, Arizona where she lived for 22 years. In 2015 she made the move to Apalachicola, bringing both her painting and musical talents with her -- opening a successful gallery and collaborating with local musicians to write and play an eclectic mix of American Roots music. Over the next several years she became an integral part of the community, giving back in many ways including Porch Fest Apalach, a concert event which Jenny co-founded in 2020 that continues to provide financial assistance to local non-profits each year.

Seeking a more rural setting with plenty of room to spread out, she moved to the mountains of Georgia in 2022 where she lives and works in a rustic home with sweeping views of the surrounding woodlands... the perfect place to embark on her next artistic journey.