For many years a real sense of ‘home’ was elusive to me. But now, partially due to my family’s history, and also from felt memories of my family's ranch on Red Lodge Creek, I do experience a sense of belonging. The land there is scattered with old farm equipment, sheds, animal bones, homestead cabins and other abandoned and decaying relics. I'm interested in combining iconic Western imagery with symbolism that is part of my personal vocabulary in order to elicit new meanings and associations.
—Jennifer Indreland
Jennifer Indreland was born in Denver, Colorado, and moved frequently while growing up. After attending high school in England, she earned a BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design and settled on the East Coast. Every summer throughout her nomadic childhood, she returned to a ranch in Montana that has been in her family for four generations. After many years away, she moved to Billings where she currently lives with her twin sons. Indreland's work is influenced by folk tales, medieval art, Victorian lithographs, the Western landscapes of her childhood, and the strange beauty she finds in the darker corners of history.