Jenifer Nicklin is a painter from Cornwall whose work explores the complexities of human–nonhuman animal relationships. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she creates large-scale imagery that is both violent and delicate, using a contrasting palette of sickly pastels and deep blacks. Her practice draws on research into posthumanism and the politics of humanity’s impact on nature, quietly challenging what society accepts as normal. Nicklin’s work urges viewers to reconsider the unnatural as immoral. She has exhibited in local galleries across Dorset and has sold work at auction through her university. 

Her work explores the discomfort and dissonance within human–nonhuman relationships, focusing on the domestication and distortion of animals through human control. Originating from a personal sense of disconnection from people and a search for refuge in nature, her paintings reflect on the emotional and ethical consequences of selective breeding and forced evolution. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she creates large-scale, claustrophobic images—often of dogs—that are both grotesque and tender. A pastel palette contrasts with visceral subject matter, generating a tension between softness and violence. Informed by research into posthumanism and animal histories, her practice quietly confronts what society deems normal, exposing it as unnatural and morally flawed. Her work serves as both a lament and a quiet protest.