About Rivers
Portraits of Rivers is series of paintings in which I explore my fascination with journeying through a landscape as an act of self-inquiry, like going on a vision quest or pilgrimage to a sacred site. The rivers are depicted like they are tuning forks echoing across the surface of the Earth. A life long fascination with rivers crystallized for me when I moved to New Orleans in 2007 and got to feel what it was like to live with the Mississippi River as my neighbor. I began this series of paintings as my MFA project, “Rivers”, at the California Institute of Integral Studies from which I graduated in 2012. This body of work is a celebration of our ecological systems as an interconnected whole and a reminder that our physical, psychological and spiritual bodies are embedded in a relationship to the natural world.
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![River Styx River Styx](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/POR-Styx-e1676240519642.jpg)
![River Serpent River Serpent](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Snake-River.jpg)
![Mississippi River Mississippi River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MS-e1676240435930.jpg)
![Nile River Nile River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Nile-e1676240381517.jpg)
![Amazon River Amazon River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Amazon.jpg)
![Rivers of Central Europe (Elbe River, Oder River, Vistula River, and Danube River) Rivers of Central Europe (Elbe River, Oder River, Vistula River, and Danube River)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-EU.jpg)
![Mediterranean Sea Rivers Mediterranean Sea Rivers](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Mediterranean-scaled.jpg)
![Rio Grande Rio Grande](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Rio-Grande.jpg)
![Ganges River Ganges River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Ganges.jpg)
![Murray River Murray River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-AU-e1676240291884.jpg)
![Kolyma River, Yukon River, and Milky Way Kolyma River, Yukon River, and Milky Way](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Yukon-Kolyma-scaled.jpg)
![Congo River and Niger River Congo River and Niger River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Congo-Niger.jpg)
![Tigris River and Euphrates River Tigris River and Euphrates River](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Tigris-Euphrates.jpg)
![Rivers of the Tibetan Plateau (Brahmaputra River, Irrawaddy River, Mekong River, Salween River, Yangtze River, Yellow River) Rivers of the Tibetan Plateau (Brahmaputra River, Irrawaddy River, Mekong River, Salween River, Yangtze River, Yellow River)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Tibet-e1676240218281.jpg)
![Colorado Rivers Colorado Rivers](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Colorado.jpg)
![Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico (orange) Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico (orange)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Gulf-Orange.jpg)
![Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico (green) Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico (green)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-Gulf-Green.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (green purple) Mississippi River Watershed (green purple)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-gr-pr-1-e1676232380812.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (maroon pink) Mississippi River Watershed (maroon pink)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-maroon-pink-1-e1676232321262.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (peach pink) Mississippi River Watershed (peach pink)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-peach-pink-1-e1676232235339.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (purple blue) Mississippi River Watershed (purple blue)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-pr-bl-1-e1676232190647.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (yellow blue) Mississippi River Watershed (yellow blue)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-yl-bl-1-e1676232152446.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (green beige) Mississippi River Watershed (green beige)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-gr-beige-3-e1676232062112.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (grey blue) Mississippi River Watershed (grey blue)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-grey-bl-1.jpg-1-scaled-e1676231987886.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (grey green) Mississippi River Watershed (grey green)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-grey-gr-1-scaled-e1676231940635.jpg)
![Mississippi River Watershed (red maroon) Mississippi River Watershed (red maroon)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-MRW-red-maroon-1-e1676231842920.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (small blue) NOLA Riverbend (small blue)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-small-blue.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (small purple) NOLA Riverbend (small purple)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-purple-small.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (small yellow) NOLA Riverbend (small yellow)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-yellow-small.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (small orange) NOLA Riverbend (small orange)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-small-orange.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (small green) NOLA Riverbend (small green)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-small-green.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (purple beige) NOLA Riverbend (purple beige)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-purpke-beige-e1676231697143.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (yellow) NOLA Riverbend (yellow)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-yellow-large.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (purple) NOLA Riverbend (purple)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-purple-large.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbed NOLA Riverbed](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-riverbend-scaled.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (silver teal) NOLA Riverbend (silver teal)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-silver-teal.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (silver pink) NOLA Riverbend (silver pink)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-silver-pink.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (gold teal) NOLA Riverbend (gold teal)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-gold-teal.jpg)
![NOLA Riverbend (gold pink) NOLA Riverbend (gold pink)](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-gold-pink.jpg)
![French Quarter Grid French Quarter Grid](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/POR-NOLA-FQ.jpg)
![Lake Pontchartrain Lake Pontchartrain](https://www.jenelleleighcampion.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/POR-NOLA-Pontchtrain.jpg)