Jennifer Hawkins opened her art exhibit at MCE on Wednesday night. Photo by Devin Carson

The Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship selected Jennifer Hawkins as their January “Art and Entrepreneur” series exhibitor.

Hawkins has been painting abstract and acrylic styles for as long as she can remember. She is often painting more than one piece at a time, and her art has been featured in local events such as Art on the Veranda and the first round of paintings to hang in City Hall.

“I’ve been an artist since I was born,” Hawkins said. “It’s in my heart and I just love it. I paint because it just comes out of me.”

MCE will have Hawkins’ art on display for the month of January. The pieces range from images of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Star Wars, and each one carries a piece of Hawkins with it.

“I usually do my abstract from my heart without thinking about any plan at all,” Hawkins said. “Then I’ll usually have an impressionist painting or something that’s harder to paint and I’ll plan it out and think about what it will look like in the end. So I’ll have one going that takes a lot of time and energy, and then I’ll do an abstract one on the side that’s just free flowing and from my heart.”

Some of the pieces on display at the MCE are for sale, but others are only for display. Hawkins stated she gets attached to certain pieces and has a hard time letting them go.

For more information on MCE events and art displays, visit www.maricopainnovates.com/events.html.

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Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams. Adam was born in New Haven, Connecticut, but spent the majority of his young life in Lakeside, Arizona. After graduating from Blue Ridge High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been working in the field of journalism since 2010. Adam has worked in a wide range of fields including professional sports and international media relations. He has also been a breaking news reporter, sports columnist, government reporter and community reporter. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado before coming to Maricopa in 2015. In his spare time, he will often be found enjoying the great outdoors. If he isn’t hiking or fishing, he is likely hopelessly cheering on his Arizona sports teams.
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