Inspired by her desire to preserve the wonder, harmony, and peace of the earth’s beauty, Jean D. Dortch is a plein air and studio artist based in Nashville, Tennessee.  Jean’s oil on canvas works depicting landscapes, portraits, and still lifes have been exhibited most recently at Amsterdam-Whitney Gallery in New York, Art and Invention Gallery of Nashville, Artists Haven Gallery in Floriday and The Von Leibig Art Center in Naples, Florida.  Many of her works are motivated by scenes from her travels throughout Europe and United States. In 2006 Ms. Dortch received the distinct honor of being inducted into the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C..

Jean began her formal art training in high school at St. Cecelia Academy in Nashville and continued with an art scholarship in New Orleans. Upon returning to Nashville she studied at the Watkins Institute while working in advertising and as a retail display artist.  Jean is married and is the mother of 8 children, grandmother to 24 and has one great grandchild. In recent years Jean joined the Cheekwood Garden and Art Museum classes and The Chestnut Group "Plein Air Painters for the Land." Jean's paintings hang in homes and offices throughout the United States and Europe.