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Archive for June, 2007

Jun

New Nude - Languid

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Categories: Creating Art and Nudes

Languid - 18x36 Acrylic and gesso on Canvas

Languid - 18×36 Acrylic and gesso on Canvas by Jennie

As a break from the rather dark ochre pieces I have been painting, I have delved, once again, into my impasto pieces. these two seem to be almost polar opposites now- complex and moody versus minimalism and joy. it works well as I have similar dichotomies inside myself- a war of opposites. I think there is room for both, and both techniques enhance the other.

this is more relaxed than some of my white pieces, more rounded and soft. the underpainting is more complex again. I find I am viewing the piece in my head as I paint, so the underpainting is starting to complement the finished piece, rather than just be random colors and abstractions. what do you think?

Tags: art, artist, impasto, Nude, nudes, painting

Jun

Dedicated to the art of the nude

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Categories: Nudes

Ova - 24×30 Acrylic and Gesso on Canvas by Jennie

My latest works are up on Barebrush.com. The curator this month is a very exciting Chelsea gallery Owner looking for unique works.

Magnan Projects was founded in May 2005 by Alberto Magnan and is managed with his partner Dara Metz. The gallery exhibits artists of diverse international backgrounds working in a broad range of medium. Magnan and Metz work closely with their artists assisting with fabrication and installation projects as well as promoting the artwork through collaborations with various institutions, organizations and corporations.

Every view helps my work stand out! drop by Barebrush to see my latest works!

Tags: art, barebrush, Nude

Jun

Force

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Categories: Creating Art and Nudes

Force - 21×36 Oils on Canvas by Jennie

usually I am quite happy to talk about my paintings, where they come from, that they mean to me.. but this one, I’m just not ready to talk about it yet. It had to come out eventually- I think it is pretty obvious what it’s about and why. another in a line of very hard paintings to get out, it took me over in ways I don’t feel comfortable describing and at the end I was an emotional and physical wreck.

at the beginning I thought I might glaze the blindfolds on as with some of my others and try to get past it and make it a viable piece for an upcoming exhibition but now I am loathe to touch it.

Tags: art, artist, creating art, Nude, oils on canvas, painting

Jun

iPod the death of art?

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Categories: Creating Art and Rambles

Spirit - Oils on Canvas by Jennie
This piece is for sale

Speaking on the eve of his 70th birthday, Britain’s best-loved
living painter said the proliferation of iPods - Apple has sold
more than 100 million worldwide - and other digital music players
has combined with a decline in art education to create a “fallow
period of painting”.
“We are not in a very visual age,” Hockney said. “I think it’s
all about sound. People plug in their ears and don’t look much,
whereas for me my eyes are the biggest pleasure
iPods to blame for total eclipse of the art, says Hockney - Digital Music:

With all respect to the venerable Hockney, this is a load of tripe. if anything, we are in a more visual age than anything else and perhaps listening should be higher on the agenda. if anything is to blame for declining visual values then advertising would have to be a bigger culprit, causting people to glaze over visuals and actively work to ignore them.

for me, art is greatly enhanced by music. not only in the viewing, where it can add more weight to an exhibition or installation, but also in it’s creation. I can personally say that my iPod has set my art free. I need music when I work and being able to plug in my iPod means I can paint whenever I please, in the afternoon or at 4am! (and it happens a lot - inspiration strikes me at night). Because the sound is delivered straight into my brain via my beautiful skullcandys I transport with the music and find myself in a purely creative place of my choosing. music influences my style, the techniques I use and even the things I try.

Tags: art, artist, ipod

Jun

Otaku

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Categories: Rambles

Full Metal Alchemist by Seiji Mizushima

I draw a lot of inspiration from anime, stylistically, poses and it’s emotive content. most people see anime as fluff such as pokemon and sailor moon, and while I love cute fluffy anime, there is something compelling about the dark, beautifully realized shows.

I have just finished Full Metal Alchemist. from the first episode this anime has been the most mind destroying, emotive and magnificent series I have seen. I loved it, I hated it and I was drawn by it to see it to the end even through the destruction and heartache. I laughed, I screamed out loud and I cried. this series was a beautifully realized piece of conceptual art.

I learned something through the beautiful agony of watching it. it was balanced, the sweet with the bitter, the horror with the beauty. it was art in the making where the viewer became wrapped in the story and the characters until it was impossible to live without it, even though it made me feel such horrible things. it was a cleansing, a scouring of the soul and I felt deep inside that this is what art should be, even when it is dark and disturbing the viewer still gains something from it and hopefully takes it away, their life changed - even if it’s in a small way.

Tags: anime, full metal alchemist, inspiring

Jun

Rant

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Categories: Online and Rants

Flow (detail) by Jennie
This piece is for sale

This week has been the tech week from hell. my Keyboard died (it’s back up now though obviously), consolidating our iTunes libraries on our new HDD took considerably longer than it should have, I have lost some music, and the Internode Price hikes came through.

I signed up with internode scant hours before they announced the changes. I then tried submitting a cancellation twice when I found out the costs. the status check page said my installation was still in progress so I foolishly believed that meant I could halt the process and cancel. stupid really.

now I am up for the connection fee and the first month. they were adamant that the provisioning had gone through and that I was liable. I tried everything. I spoke to everyone. I tried being reasonable, being angry, being depressed, legalese, I even played the disabled card, and for nothing!

Now it appears my phone is broken. this gets better and better.

Tags: internode, rant

Jun

New Nude - Cold

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Categories: Creating Art and Nudes

Cold - Oils on Canvas by Jennie

my painting has been sporadic but effective this week. I’ve finished glazing the blindfold on this piece, and painted a highly psychological piece in a marathon session that left me drained and very sick. I am not ready to photograph it or talk about it yet, it’s face to the wall at the moment.

this piece I have titled Cold. it appeared in my head as a result of trying to deal with my controlling and judgmental mother. for me it symbolizes weathering her coldness and pleading with her for love and acceptance.

Pieces like this are my way of defying the feelings inside me. I banish them to the canvas and seek to move on. They are dark but they are also positive, at least for me. I am putting my fears down, and not letting them beat me. What do you think?

Tags: art, Nude, nudes, oils on canvas, painting