Homage to the Creative Spirit
The Paintings of Jenness Cortez
Jenness Cortez honors a lineage of master artists whose work has shaped the history of painting and the evolution of creative vision. Her Homage series pays tribute to:
George Bellows • Albert Bierstadt • Rosa Bonheur • Mary Cassatt • Jean-Baptiste-Chardin • Salvador Dali • Jacques-Louis David • Albrecht Dürer • Jan van Eyck • Vincent van Gogh • William Harnett • Childe Hassam • Winslow Homer • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres • George Inness • John Kensett • Leonardo da Vinci • Emanuel Leutze • Edouard Manet • Jean-François Millet • Claude Monet • Alfonse Mucha • Edvard Munch • Sir Alfred Munnings • Maxfield Parrish • Camille Pissarro • Raphael • Rembrandt van Rijn • Frederic Remington • Pierre-Auguste Renoir • Norman Rockwell • Mark Rothko • John Singer Sargent • George Stubbs • Titian • John Trumbull • Johannes Vermeer • Grant Wood
Homage to the Creative Spirit
The Paintings of Jenness Cortez
by Karen Rechnitzer Pope
ISBN 978-0-9753752-4-2
Hard cover with Dust Jacket
10 by 11 inches
128 pages including 62 Color Reproductions
First Edition / Open Edition
Retail Cost: $50
* To complete your purchase, you will be redirected to The American Meditation Institute’s online store.
A Living Tradition
For centuries, artists have challenged both their intellect and skill by paying homage to those who came before them.
Jenness Cortez stands as one of the most accomplished contemporary practitioners of this tradition.
Her work weaves elements of historical masterpieces into original compositions—creating paintings that are at once rooted in tradition and unmistakably her own.
Seeing More Deeply
Cortez’s Homage paintings explore a central paradox of realism:
A painting is both
a window into an imagined space
and a physical object in itself.
Through this duality, her work invites viewers to:
• look more carefully
• question assumptions
• rediscover what may have been overlooked
At the same time, these paintings celebrate the enduring joy of beauty, craftsmanship, and attentive seeing.
Meet the Author
Karen Pope, PhD, is a specialist in modern European and American art.
She taught for over three decades at Baylor University, focusing on 19th-century art as part of the Allbritton Art Institute. In addition to her academic career, she has led art history lectures, museum programs, and study tours throughout the United States and Europe through Art inSight Adventures in Art History.
“ ‘It makes my heart sing!’ After more than five decades of involvement in the art world, this simple statement, made by a friend while looking at a splendid Monet painting, brought into bright clarity the way to know the genuine article–a real work of art. The paintings of Jenness Cortez make my heart sing.”
Robert A. Yassin
Former Executive Director of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art
and Palos Verdes Art Center
Homage to
the Creative Spirit
The Paintings of Jenness Cortez
Jenness Cortez honors a lineage of master artists whose work has shaped the history of painting and the evolution of creative vision. Her Homage series pays tribute to:
George Bellows • Albert Bierstadt • Rosa Bonheur • Mary Cassatt • Jean-Baptiste-Chardin • Salvador Dali • Jacques-Louis David • Albrecht Dürer • Jan van Eyck • Vincent van Gogh • William Harnett • Childe Hassam • Winslow Homer • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres • George Inness • John Kensett • Leonardo da Vinci • Emanuel Leutze • Edouard Manet • Jean-François Millet • Claude Monet • Alfonse Mucha • Edvard Munch • Sir Alfred Munnings • Maxfield Parrish • Camille Pissarro • Raphael • Rembrandt van Rijn • Frederic Remington • Pierre-Auguste Renoir • Norman Rockwell • Mark Rothko • John Singer Sargent • George Stubbs • Titian • John Trumbull • Johannes Vermeer • Grant Wood
Homage to
the Creative Spirit
The Paintings of Jenness Cortez
by Karen Rechnitzer Pope
ISBN 978-0-9753752-4-2
Hard cover with Dust Jacket
10 by 11 inches
128 pages including 62 Color Reproductions
First Edition / Open Edition
Retail Cost: $50
* To complete your purchase, you will be redirected to The American Meditation Institute’s online store.
A Living Tradition
For centuries, artists have challenged both their intellect and skill by paying homage to those who came before them.
Jenness Cortez stands as one of the most accomplished contemporary practitioners of this tradition.
Her work weaves elements of historical masterpieces into original compositions—creating paintings that are at once rooted in tradition and unmistakably her own.
Seeing More Deeply
Cortez’s Homage paintings explore a central paradox of realism:
A painting is both
a window into an imagined space
and a physical object in itself.
Through this duality, her work invites viewers to:
• look more carefully
• question assumptions
• rediscover what may have been overlooked
• look more carefully
• question assumptions
• rediscover what may have been overlooked
At the same time, these paintings celebrate the enduring joy of beauty, craftsmanship, and attentive seeing.
Meet the Author
Karen Pope, PhD, is a specialist in modern European and American art.
She taught for over three decades at Baylor University, focusing on 19th-century art as part of the Allbritton Art Institute. In addition to her academic career, she has led art history lectures, museum programs, and study tours throughout the United States and Europe through Art inSight Adventures in Art History.
“ ‘It makes my heart sing!’ After more than five decades of involvement in the art world, this simple statement, made by a friend while looking at a splendid Monet painting, brought into bright clarity the way to know the genuine article–a real work of art. The paintings of Jenness Cortez make my heart sing.”
Robert A. Yassin
Former Executive Director of the
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Tucson Museum of Art
and Palos Verdes Art Center