Mezzanine Gallery

Jen Hintz Eggers at the Mezzanine Gallery

Seeds of Life

On view June 6 – July 25, 2025

The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery is pleased to present “Seeds of Life”, a solo exhibition of oil painting by Delaware artist Jennifer Hintz Eggers. The show will be on view from June 6 to July 25, 2025, with a free opening reception on Friday, June 6, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

“Seeds of Life” reflects Eggers’ deeply personal exploration of early motherhood. Her evocative oil paintings beautifully weave sacred geometric patterns, branching lines, and biomorphic “mammary flowers” inspired by physiological forms. These meticulously composed images layer rich colors and potent symbolism, emphasizing life’s cyclical, persistent, and hopeful nature.

Eggers describes her artistic process as deeply meditative, embracing the calming rhythm of drafting patterns using grids and interlocking circles. Overlapping circles, a motif prevalent since ancient decorative art, symbolize interconnectedness and continuity. Her delicate use of transparent oil paints captures subtle shifts—mirroring cellular growth and lunar phases—to embody the various stages of womanhood and caregiving.

A lifelong Delawarean, Jen Hintz Eggers earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Delaware in 2008. She is the founder of The Ladies’ Art House and currently maintains her studio practice at the Studios at The Delaware Contemporary. Eggers also teaches painting and drawing courses through New Castle County Art Studio and Delaware Technical Community College. Her artwork has been exhibited at institutions including the Susquehanna Art Museum and the University of Mary Washington.

Through “Seeds of Life,” Eggers hopes to offer viewers a moment of tranquility and reflection—similar to the meditative experience of tracing paths in a labyrinth—reinforcing the reassuring message that life remains cyclical, persistent, and ever hopeful.

About the Artist

Jen Hintz Eggers is a Delaware-based painter whose work explores themes of spirituality, motherhood, and the rhythms of nature through the use of sacred geometry and biomorphic forms. A 2008 graduate of the University of Delaware with a BFA in painting, Eggers is the founder of The Ladies’ Art House and maintains a studio practice at the Studios at The Delaware Contemporary. Her work has been exhibited regionally, including at the Susquehanna Art Museum and the University of Mary Washington. In addition to her studio practice, she teaches painting and drawing at the New Castle County Art Studio and Delaware Technical Community College.

Images in the banner: “As Above So Below” (2024), Oil on canvas, 18”x24”. “Long Days of a Short Season” (2024), Silverpoint on Panel, 16” round. “Garden of Plenty” (2022), Oil on canvas, 18”x24”.

Mezzanine Gallery Application

The Mezzanine Gallery, located in the Carvel State Office Building in Wilmington, features one-person exhibitions of Delaware artists in disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, folk, and media arts.

To be considered for an exhibition, artists may submit a Mezzanine Gallery Application before the annual deadline of March 15.

Individual Artist Fellowship Application

Delaware’s Individual Artist Fellowships recognize artists for their outstanding quality of work and provide monetary awards. Individual Artist Fellows are publicly acknowledged and benefit from the additional exposure to their work. Visual artists who receive Individual Artist Fellowships are also given the opportunity to exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery.

To be considered for a Fellowship, artists may submit an Individual Artist Fellowship Application before the annual deadline of August 1.

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Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Photo ID required after 4:30 p.m.

Parking

On-street and garage parking available

Admission

Free and open to the public.

About the Gallery

The Mezzanine Gallery presents solo exhibitions of work by Delaware artists in disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, folk, and media arts.

This opportunity is available to Delaware’s emerging and established visual artists who have won Individual Artist Fellowships, or have been chosen by the Division’s annual Gallery Panel.

Opening Reception

Held the first Friday of the month from 5-7 p.m. Dates are subject to change.