A Look at the Life of Comer Jennings, Local Artist
In a meaningfully productive thirty-five-year career as a visual artist in Atlanta, Comer Jennings has Jennings's public commissions include works for the White House, the Ceremonial Court Room of the U.S. Other prominent Jennings commissions include paintings for the solarium at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Jennings continues his work in Atlanta as artist, designer, civic leader, and father. He has served on
completed portrait commissions for some of the country's most prominent citizens, created a large body of
signature still life paintings, executed myriad public art projects, served as teacher and mentor to young
artists, and given freely of his expertise for charitable projects.
District Courthouse in Atlanta, the Coca-Cola Company, Georgia Power Company, SunTrust Bank, Equifax,
Westminster Schools, Atlanta Bar Association, and King & Spalding, among many others. A sampling of his
over 750 individual portrait commissions includes President Jimmy Carter; country music great Chet Atkins;
philanthropists Robert, George, and Richard Woodruff; Ambassador Philip Alston; and Thomas Bertram
“Bert” and Labelle Lance.
sculpture design of the Donald MacKaye Memorial, and posters for the 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
the Dogwood Festival, and the Atlanta Flower Shows, among many others.
numerous boards of directors, including the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Portrait Society of Atlanta, the
Atlanta Ballet, and the Atlanta College of Art. Jennings delivers meals to people living with AIDS through
Project Open Hand. The Atlanta History Center has requested Jennings's papers for its archives. Jennings
lives in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta.