Jhenna Quinn Lewis began studying art in 1976 at the University of Illinois. She went on to later become an art director-manager at the Ferndale Art Cooperative in Ferndale, California. To further her own artistic endeavors, she studied with David A. Leffel, one of the country's most respected and well-known artists in 1999. Her paintings are also included in the corporate collections of Harry and David as well as a commissioned painting in the private collection of Lawton Chiles, the former governor of California.
"I seemed to have been born with a love and appreciation for art and nature, or maybe a better word to describe this is awe. Art is a universal language that can teach us about ourselves and our world. It is part of all of our lives and surrounds us even if we don't notice or understand it."