About the Artist

Jackie carries a deep passion for living life to the fullest and embracing the journey. Her journey began in the mountains of Idaho near the Frank Church Wilderness. As the environment and her interactions with it were such an impactful aspect of her childhood, her fascination with the natural world can be seen throughout her artwork. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Portland State University in 2012.

Upon moving back to Idaho in 2016, she met the man of her dreams and joined him in operating one of the most respected, certified organic family farms in Idaho, Purple Sage Farms. Raising a family on the farm and nourishing the community with plants tended by hand and heart has been one of the most transformational experiences that has deeply embedded purpose and connection into Jackie’s artwork.

Much of her inspiration blossoms from community gatherings, spending time in natural places, and celebrating the gifts of the earth on the family farm in Middleton, Idaho. She integrates intuitions of her heart with the wisdom from the community, informing her work with research, exploration, communing with nature, and honoring the mysterious and mystical. These experiences have ignited a constant drive for a creative life full of love and discovering powerful healing. She brings a visionary perspective that unites and uplifts her viewers to dance in the immense beauty and blessings inherent in our existence. 

Her work focuses on themes celebrating nature, spirituality and culture, goddess love, the symbiosis of music and visual art, symbolism, and psychedelia. 

Artist Statement

"Working with the forces of nature, that's when an artist becomes a visionary." - Jackie Sommer

My passion for creating began at a young age. With the death of my father when I was nine years old, I found artistic expression as the way to understand chaos and mysticism. I discovered art is powerful as healing is spiritual. With a strong interaction between these forces, I practiced spiritual art for powerful healing that has intensified throughout my life. My mission is to reveal the nuances of beauty that surrounds us and to illuminate the interconnectedness of all life.

I am particularly intrigued by the life of psychedelia, or "soul-manifesting", and the culture that has grown from this ancient human interaction with nature. My work revolves around the natural world and the divine feminine. Fascinated by the evolution of humankind, I reflect on our ancestral, spiritual roots through understanding rituals, consciousness, and the journey of the soul through a variety of cultural and symbolic lenses. Through my art, the emphasis is to honor our tribal ancestry and the human experience, so we may revitalize our connections to the mystical. In this way, I explore and weave the ancient with the contemporary. 

My artwork develops through stream of consciousness. I perceive art creation as a vision: completely giving myself to the process and allowing the art to manifest intuitively. I am entranced through an interplay of trusting, molding, and excavating the imagery from the depths of the creative journey. From dreams, memories, meditation, and different states of consciousness, I capture and channel information to enrich my art. Extensive research enlightens and educates the evolution of my work. My palette is a rainbow of high saturated colors and many layers. I work large scale to achieve a dynamic, strong presence where a viewer is enveloped by the worlds I depict. Now may my art radiate a "soul" of its own.