Jess Peoples Art

03/01/2026

I’m excited to show my work in a pop up at Beam Gallery in Green Hills March 17 with Artist Circle of Nashville. PBS will also be filming us in an upcoming Tennessee Crossroads episode. Hope you can make it!

03/01/2026

Tis that time of year to get some color notes from outside! Thanks to painting buddies at Nashville Painters Salon for joining me at McCabe roundabout and Richland Park Farmers Market…where to go next?

02/06/2026

Thanks Nashville Voyager!

We recently had the chance to connect with Jess Peoples and have shared our conversation below. Hi Jess, thank you for taking the time to reflect back on your journey with us. I think our readers are in for a real treat. There is so much we can all learn from each other and so […]

12/23/2025

That day we went fishing. The boat puttered a bit, some teeny fish made us laugh, a beautiful heron flew overhead.
Sharing a moment with you and hoping you have many moments like this this season as you spend time with loved ones and celebrate what life brings your way. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and Happy Holidays.

11/26/2025

Just wanted to share a moment of thankfulness. Thank you for being here. For following this journey and cheering along the way. I see you— and whoa, being an artist is such a journey. I am incredibly thankful for all the opportunities, for all the relationships that now exist, for the possibilities I see coming up, for all the nudges and high fives and ideas and collaboration. Sharing some love to you this week— this big dream that has taken on its own rhythm — is what it is because of so many people who also believed it with me. Wishing you an abundance of love, especially this week.

11/24/2025

“If you persevere, in time you will have an entirely different problem- not that life is meaningless, but rather that life has too much meaning. As the scales fall from your eyes, the world rushes into focus, presenting itself with a kind of vibrational eloquence that can, at first, be almost overwhelming. Everything shimmers, everything clarifies, everything wrestles for your attention. Trees feel super-real, their roots plunged into the earth, their branches stretching to the sky, birds are flesh and blood souls, fragile with life, the sky unfolds and rolls, the ocean crashes, people fascinate, books are beautiful, children are whirling dynamos of chaos, dogs bark and cats meow, flowers shout, your neighbor glows, and God runs like a helix through all things. The world awaits you, humming with meaning. You are alive with potential. You are not dead.”
— Nick Cave, from Red Hand Files #258
Available Jesspeoples.com and see in person by appointment- just message me. Thanks!

11/09/2025

Thanks for hosting my work — everyone’s efforts in creating a space that invites our community to come together to connect and appreciate art is certainly something special.

Many thanks to the chairs and volunteers. Bethany Stone, you kept me on task. Trina Ewald, your pep talks and kindness. Erin O’Brien, your lovely invitation to be part of the event. Thank you all.

And thanks to all who showed up! I should have some pieces listed soon on my site, if you are interested and didn’t get to snag a favorite. I’ll also be at ‘s studio with work if you would like to see something in person on Dec. 6 for .

11/08/2025

MBA art Show - Day 2. Thanks for coming out —love seeing everyone. Shout out to the MBA chairs and volunteers who work so hard to put on this event. It shows. We may have had some storms and a lockdown, but glad to be with this joyful group of artists who wrap ourselves in ‘s homemade Christmas chains and tell each other goofy stories upstairs. Tomorrow is the last day, come by- will be there 10-4p. Many thanks to all the friends and neighbors who have come by already.

10/29/2025

A little rainy day joy. In May, I found myself sketching the rain glow that happens here in Tennessee. In the late afternoon, I was sitting inside the Bluebird Hill barn sketching with Ann Larsen, mesmerized by the shimmer the rain had on the bright green grass when looking out. I tend to not like rain or storms, but that afternoon, the glow against the bushes with their tangly vines adding so much contrast and, at the same time, it seemed an invitation to gawk at the beauty I was seeing. Final piece is “Rain Glow” on second photo shown.

Each of the pieces I create has a story. Ask me about it. These and more will be with me next week at .

Photos by Meg Miller

10/24/2025

A flurry of awesome. The lights, staging, set up and support is top notch. Thanks for a great opening night and making my work glow. So much happening I didn’t get pics, but shout out to Molly Seale and Lara Englot for helping me set up (along with some professional installers and Art Up ). More happening today! Please come by.
3:30-8:30p with 🍷6-8:30p Friday
10a-4p Saturday

10/18/2025

“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
- Germany Kent

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