Welcome to my website!
My name is Jenna Martin Leitch and I’m an artist, illustrator and writer from Fife, Scotland.
My work is inspired by the treasures I find, in my everyday life and in the natural world. The joy they bring to me. The “happy” they make me feel.
I collect things; In my pockets, through my eyes, with my mind, and in my heart. The things we have lost. The things we have found. The sum of our parts. Through written word, drawn line, and painted hue; I make sure the magic is remembered and the JOY I FEEL is paid forward.
Clouds reflected in mill pond sea.
Imaginings of being at sea. Bow to horizon. Sea to sky. Sky in sea.
Very, very beautiful.
#JOYimprinted
#noticings
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Painting a study of a moth, and SEEING a moth in real life are two differing, yet equally as wonderful pastimes!
A hummingbird hawk-moth up close and in detail, either way. In tiny stamp sized painted study, or next to me in hedgerow, as I was lucky enough to witness just the other day! 🧡
Drawn to the light, and drawn to the nature and nectar, it seems in actuality, we are not too different… albeit I am not lucky enough to have wings, and have the gift of flight on my side.
Joyous the wonder. Joyous the moment. Grateful for the luck in the timing.
A selection of my tiny moth artworks will be available to peruse and to purchase at the @crailfestival @crail_festival_art_exhibition later this month. This one included.
Jen x
#stampsizedart
#hummingbirdhawkmoth
#scottishartist
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Evening wanders with low sun glinting dancers… ✨
More of this in my life please. More and often.
#JOYimprinted
#noticings
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#sunshine
#golden
Sunny days are with us… where I am anyway! ☀️
In golden skies, fly golden birds…
A Goldcrest then. In flight and in fancy!
A range of my birdies are now available at @maryfarrelldesign gorgeous shop in Inverkeithing. So glad to have a new stockist, and it happens to be owned by one of the best people! 💛
They will also be available during the exhibition duration at this year’s @crailfestival in the East Neuk of Fife.
Now… I’m away to enjoy some much needed sunshine with my little family!
Jen x
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#birdiesinflight
#goldcrest
#newstockist
📸 @jillyjillystudio
Imaginings of a lighthouse of seaweed covered rocky outcrop.
Singular and standing tall, structure sunlit, with blue skies surrounding.
A lighthouse shines in me. The way is found. The path is shown. Guided, we continue.
#mylighthouse
#nauticalimaginings
#JOYimprinted
#noticings
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“Wood Sorrow”
Japanese watercolour and pencil on wooden panel
5x7 inches
(A Little Me cries into her hand, whilst sat beneath a gathering of wood sorrel)
“I perceive the world as if I too am miniature. Word play, and place play out. Acting as testament to a daugher’s love of her father. My father’s love for me. I am sad he had to leave.”
Part of the group exhibition of all works at @greengallery.dbg within @dundeebotanics with the @art.and.nature.collective
#woodsorrow
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Figurehead imaginings of the bow of a ship.
A seagull stood proud. As if carved in statue stillness. Forward leaning.
A rooftop, in actuality. On dreamy forever sky. Treetops as waves.
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#nauticalimagijings
#shipsbow
#figurehead
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“Lighthouse of Words”
Handwritten poem of Dad, in Paynes Grey ink on paper.
With dreamy blue Japanese watercolour lighthouse imaginings.
Part of the group exhibition of small works at @greengallery.dbg at @dundeebotanics with the @art.and.nature.collective
#lighthouseofwords
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Imaginings of nautical maps on blue 🌊
The sea in view in real time, and sun in sky.
Being able to see the sea is such a tonic, is it not?
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#nauticalimaginings
#noticings
#oceansbetweenus
“Snowdrop Streetlamp”
Japanese watercolour and pencil on wood panel
5x7 inches
(Prints available)
Another small work that can be found in the @art.and.nature.collective group exhibition ‘What We Hold Still’ at the @greengallery.dbg @dundeebotanics
“The works as a whole speak of sadness, but also of hope and of memory. The light that continues to shine, even in his absence from this world, my world. When I have walked in the woods near where I live, I have found it the most perfect place, both to grieve and to remember him. Fleeting moments, glimpses where I let my mind wander.”
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#scottishartistandwriter
#whatweholdstill
#lightinthedarkness
#noticings
The light through the trees.
The dance of the golden hour.
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#goldenhour
#dancing
The @art.and.nature.collective group exhibition of small works titled “What We Hold Still” opens tomorrow night at the @greengallery.dbg at @dundeebotanics
Running to the end of July. I have four artworks as part of it.
“Paperboat”
Japanese Watercolour on wood panel
5 x 7 inches
“My father had the most gentle presence. So very thoughtful. He was a noticer, and wherever we travelled, he would notice tiny details in the landscape. Whether up close on trail, or from car window, he would spot beautiful minutiae, a trait I am so proud to have inherited. Parts of him remain, held within me it seems.
‘A guiding light, my beacon, that shone in the dark.
Ever present, and the most gentle of presence. Steadfast... Yet unbound.
Alighting on surface found. We met,
where we were.
Calm and kindness, wrapped up
in the warmth of fatherly love.
I wish I could have bottled it.
A message in glass bottle held.
Treasured.
Whilst in sky,
A letter now,
folded paper, as paperboat.
Moon lit.
He floats away forever’ “
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#mydad
#paperboat
