Now a professional artist, Jocelyn earned a BA in fine art from Skidmore College and a MFA in printmaking from UMASS, Amherst. After graduation she started a business creating portraits of horses and dogs, attending many east coast horse shows to advertise her work. Her exceptional ability to draw has fueled her versatile career and she is internationally renowned in the equine industry. She has completed more than 2000 commissioned portraits of horses and dogs and her work is included in many private and corporate collections including the Kentucky Derby Museum. Her work has been on the covers of many publications including The Chronicle of the Horse and the magazine of the American Veterinary Medical Association. She is accepting commissions and recently she was asked to paint four life-sized paintings of horses, one for interior designer Darryl Carter.
In 1990 Jocelyn’s focus evolved to include paintings of Nantucket. She is a member of the Art Association of Nantucket and exhibits her work at the Nantucket Looms. Jocelyn has been the recipient of the Art Association of Nantucket’s Frank Swift Chase award for plein air painting as well as the William Welch painting award.
Jocelyn created a small greeting card company featuring her portraits as well as the humorous side of life with horses. A lifelong rider, her experiences with horses are depicted in many of the cards. She has illustrated four children’s books.
