Jennylynd James

Biography

• President, Jennylynd James

• Food Scientist - Food Safety and Quality Consultant / Auditor

• Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, she received a Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and studied Food Science at McGill University, Canada where she earned a Ph.D. in Food Science.

Little Known Facts

• While in Ireland, Jennylynd James discovered a hidden talent for art and through private instructors was introduced to oil painting, portraiture and sketching.

• She uses the vivid colours of her heritage and global travel to influence her work.

• From childhood, Jennylynd was a singer and musician with a passion for stage performance in Classical and Jazz music.

Innovations

• While in Ireland, Jennylynd started a business promoting Caribbean food and developed a range of Caribbean style sauces and seasonings.

• She ran this business with artistic flair for five years. As an entrepreneur, she developed a range of sauces and seasonings from bench top recipes to factory scale up with originated brand concept for “Taste of the Caribbean” and “Bad Boy Sauces” brands of food.

• She presented a winning business pitch in February 2010 on the second season of the Irish Dragon’s Den with millionaire Dragons pledging support of her business. She now acts as a Technical Consultant for the Food Industry – Quality Management Systems development, food safety program development and monitoring.

“My acrylic paintings capture musicians and singers in the act of making music. With photographs as a reference, I crop the most animated scenes from performances and use loose brush strokes to portray movement. Whether it’s the bent back of a saxophonist or the forward lean of a pianist, actions are captured in simple strokes. Figurative images of musicians are deliberately portrayed without faces. I want the viewer to have a personal experience with the image, both imagining the facial expressions and hearing the music produced. I prefer to paint groups of musicians and singers to create the illusion of a loud rich sound, while adding humour to enrich the visual connection to characters in the painting”