Please Excuse Work in Progress…
Jennifer Mehling
Artist • Author • Creative Founder
Creating beauty that helps people slow down, notice what is often overlooked, and cultivate lives rooted in faith, wonder, and peace.
Hi, I'm Jennifer.
I believe beauty has a way of slowing us down long enough to notice what God has been saying all along.
Whether I'm creating original paintings, writing encouragement, or gathering women around a table through Blooms by Jesus, everything I create begins with the same desire—to help people cultivate lives rooted in faith, wonder, and peace.
I'm so glad you're here.
Choose Your Path
Fine Art
Original paintings inspired by beauty, wonder, and quiet moments of faith.
Let Jesus Make Your Life a Garden™
A lifestyle rooted in beauty, faith, homemaking, and intentional living.
Blooms by Jesus™
Creative worship gatherings where women gather to paint, pray, and encounter Jesus.
Shop by Collection
First Blooms
Loose florals inspired by fresh beginnings, hope, and simple beauty.
Light & Presence
Layered contemporary paintings exploring peace, beauty, and the quiet ways light transforms ordinary moments.
Rooted
Some of the deepest growth happens where no one else can see.
Rooted is a collection shaped by seasons of surrender, waiting, hidden strength, and abiding in Christ. Through layered paint, meaningful texture, and quiet symbolism, these works invite viewers to reflect on the unseen ways God is at work beneath the surface of our lives.
Featured Original
Beauty Takes Time
Original Acrylic
A reminder that growth rarely happens overnight. Layer by layer, beauty unfolds.
STUDIO JOURNAL
Every painting begins long before the first brushstroke.
Sometimes with an open Bible.
Sometimes with flowers gathered from the garden.
Sometimes with coffee that has gone cold.
These photographs are glimpses into the quiet rhythms that shape my work before a painting ever reaches the wall.
Welcome to a space designed for ideas that move people. With a focus on quality, clarity, and connection, we're here to help you make an impact that lasts.
Things I Notice
These are small reminders that often become the beginning of a painting.
The coffee is almost always cold by the second layer.
Fresh flowers have become some of my favorite teachers.
Some of my favorite colors happen by accident.
I paint best when the room grows quiet.
Creation has never rushed me.
Not every sketch becomes a painting.
My hands rarely leave the studio clean.
Every layer teaches me patience.
The brush often knows where to go before I do.
Beauty is usually found in what most people walk past.
That actually feels even more like reading a journal than attaching captions to each image.
Gentle Friday Note
This is not about doing more.
It’s about tending what matters.
You are welcome here.
Thankful!
Whether you're collecting original artwork, following along with new collections, or simply looking for a moment to breathe, I'm grateful you're here.
I hope these paintings remind you that beauty often grows slowly, quietly, and always with purpose.