Jessica Taft is a Melbourne-based artist whose practice explores the emotional resonance of nature through oil, watercolour, and mixed media.

Jessica studied fine art part-time for 8 years with Margarita Krivitsky, and learned the classical techniques in drawing, oil painting and watercolour painting. Her training emphasised portraiture and still life, from which she expanded into landscapes, seascapes and abstract realism. Jess undertook further training in oil painting at an art school in Florence, Italy, where she completed an intensive two-month program. Her artistic training followed on from a combined degree of a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with Honours, and a PhD, at Monash University. Today, Jess balances her dual careers as a senior lawyer and as a visual artist, bringing analytical clarity and emotional depth to her practice.