Turmoil – 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum Why does Jenny Saville deconstruct her own body? Why can’t she use someone else’s? There is a possible answer, which is that the use of the nude is necessarily exploitative, and therefore a female artist who needs to use a body has no option…
Verso – 18" x 18" Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum I’ve been wondering for a while about my little picture descriptions. I used to write little 1-2 line descriptions, almost like a little obscure story, a window into the piece. they were not poetic exactly but slightly lyrical in nature. Time stalks us all,…
Makehuman I am so excited, the new release of Makehuman is out. it’s still in Alpha pretty much but this program promises big things. Dedalo-3d.com: MakeHuman © is completely free, innovative and professional software for the modelling of 3-Dimensional characters. The features that make this software unique are the new Tetra-parametric GUI © components and…
Ugly by Jennie Rosenbaum It’s been a bizarre week, starting last week when I received a call from local news show today tonight. it seems they are doing a story on a condition I have and are interested in how I have used my artwork to help me through it. I have spent the entire…
Stretch – 12 x 10 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum Hey – I’ve been blogging for 3 years now! and I now have exactly the same number of comments as posts. well, it’s tipped now with this post but still! I’ve used several blogging platforms but WordPress.com is by far the simplest and best.…
Observation – 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum This piece came from a response to an email from a friend of mine. he suggested that a top down approach would be really interesting and I remembered that I had tried it a few times but always failed to get the right impression.…
Reflection 24 x 36 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum I read Hazel Dooney’s blog somewhat religiously, it’s inspiring to read the thoughts of such a successful young female artist – especially one I have quite a bit in common with. She recently wrote a fascinating post about victimization amongst female artists which really touched…
Hiding – 18" x 18" Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum some big and strange things are happening that are very cool, and very bizarre. I think at times I can be afraid of success. I never knew what that meant before – I’ve always been ambitious and not afraid of hard work or the…
Rosy 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie This is a piece I completed just before the new year. It’s lighter than others I’ve created lately and I’m having fun playing with perspective. I think the title is pretty self evident – I think it’s funny that I seem to have gone from no…
Storm – 12 x 12 Oils on Canvas by Jennie Apparently what one should do when detoxing is to get stuck into web stuff. I decided to change hosts this year. my last one was ok, but I wanted a host that had more room/features and with a functioning help desk. I don’t need help…
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