Having spent her childhood near the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska before moving to California, Jayna's inspiration for art and fantasy has always been the organic beauty of nature- from picking wild raspberries in lush, green forests to marveling at crabs, shells and other fascinating finds on cliffed beaches. For this, her initial fascination with mermaids is easy to comprehend.

She has received an Associates in Graphic Design from The Art Center Design College in Tucson, Arizona with a piece selected for school gallery 7 out of 8 quarters. Proficient in most mediums, some favorites are acrylic painting and colored ball-point pen inking. The latter is a personally developed medium that takes time. Inking with pallpointed pen is a very tedious application and the artwork is small (usually about 8.5"x11" or less) because of the hair-fine strokes. Currently, all past and new artwork is being remade digitally as photoshop paintings so that they can be reproduced as large posters and quality prints. Painting in Adobe Photoshop is just one chosen fine art medium from the education experience and her work vastly benefits from learning design principles and applying them to create a 'complete package'.

Jayna started drawing people at the age of 5 in which it became a primary focus leading to development of skill and personal style, further refined later in design school. Her mother is an artist as well and her father is an expert custom craftsman, so her root talent is certainly hereditary. With each new addition of artwork, Jayna offers yet another unique perspective for people who love fantastic imagery.