The oils paintings, always worked in her studio could be described as poetical sensing's of the land, sea or animated environment. Her pastel drawings and watercolours are all done plein-air, literal interpretations of the land or sea. Jean see's the drawing works and oils as inter dependent, 'I need the plein air drawings to create the foundation for my oils. I cannot abstract an oil painting without first having drawn the landscape over time and space, drawing helps me sense a place.
Recently, Jean was awarded the Whyte's Auctioneers Award for a work of excellence at the 153rd Exhibition of the Watercolour Society of Ireland. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland over the last 10 years. Her most recent solo exhibition was held in October 2007 at The Access to Arts Gallery in the Design Tower, The Docklands, Dublin. In 2005 five paintings were shown as part of 'Contemporary Art from Ireland' in the European Central Bank, Frankfurt. Germany. In July this year she was guest artist to work with an experimental Bronze Age casting group, called Umha Aois for their annual symposium on Inis Oirr Island, Co Galway, Jean recorded in pastel, fires dug into the ground to cast bronze age horns, using ancient casting techniques. In 2007 she was awarded an artist's residency in Achill, Co Mayo by The Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Her work is represented in a number of collections including, The OPW. The Central Bank. Wicklow Co Council, 'Meath Co Council, The Watercolour Society of Ireland Collection' - Limerick University, 'Sambönd Collection' -The Hafnarfjordur Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland.