Jennie’s Palette

14 Responses to “Artwork”

1. 1 josiegrosie October 15, 2006 at 1:43 am

   Your art is beautiful. I think the human body is the most beautiful thing on earth and a perfect tool of expression. I would like to study drawing of the body a lot more but havn’t really had the chance

2. 2 Justin October 15, 2006 at 2:16 pm

   wow that art is really something quite amazing. Art can do so many things, from being overwhelming to inspirational. Your art is truely inspirational.

3. 3 CDS October 23, 2006 at 1:19 am

   Speaking as an experienced painter and instructor: you’re not painting what you see. You’re painting what you think, not what you see. Human bodies don’t have big black lines around them. Throw away all your tubes of black paint, real oil painters don’t use black, they mix a black from colors.

4. 4 Jennie October 23, 2006 at 1:54 am

   actually it’s interesting you raise traditional oil painting techniques as that is where I started. I still blend my colors from minimal palette! these days I feel a need to work with my own issues and my feelings to create emotive pieces I’m not trying to depict what I see but what I feel. I don’t work from life but conceptually to create meaning and empathy. in a way it’s harder!

   thanks for your feedback, I’m going to continue with painting what I feel but rest assured I still do classic flemish technique portraits

5. 5 Jennie October 23, 2006 at 1:55 am

   oh, PS all email addresses entered for comments will not be displayed on this site or used for spam, your privacy is assured but it really means a lot to me when people enter their real email addresses as I do try to respond to people privately to let them know how much I appreciate your comments! (I am behind right now, I’m so sorry!)

6. 6 shelbycockrell November 27, 2006 at 5:59 pm

   I like spirit and ink the best!

7. 7 timethief December 3, 2006 at 6:19 am

   I love them all and “spirit” the best of all. You’re one very talented lady - paint on and never let the prudes get you down.

8. 8 Jennie February 28, 2007 at 11:17 pm

   oops, I just realized that these images were down - so embarrassing! I will be adding some new ones soon as well.

   Thankyou all for your lovely comments! I look at them whenever I’m feeling a bit low - they really pick me up.

9. 9 arteccentrix March 9, 2007 at 8:40 am

   Hi Jennie, I’ve not been by for a bit but just wanted to lend my support to your commenters here - I’ve enjoyed looking at these paintings and admire you for leaving up the dense criticism from CDS.

   I think if all artists listened to ‘teachers’ the art world would be all the poorer, and so much creativity would be stifled. Expressing emotion and feeling in your work is all important so bravo for standing your ground!

   Nickola

10. 10 Jennie August 24, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Thanks so much Nickola, I really enjoy reading your blog. thanks for your comments!

11. 11 james joseph October 21, 2007 at 5:58 am

    whats new and when will it post, I,M also an artist, I paint in oil. Looking forward to your new works.

12. 12 Jennie November 24, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    Hi James, I’ve added an RSS feed to this page. if you want to keep up to date with the latest works I have added you can subscribe to get them fresh delivered as soon as they are added! thanks for the suggestion

13. 13 All Nudist May 12, 2008 at 10:36 am

    CDS is absolutely right. You should never express what you feel or think in your artwork. What a silly idea. It shows that you aren’t a true artist like CDS, the person that actually gets paid to tell others how to show their inner emotions without expressing them.

    You should just get a camera and take a pic. It’s a lot easier and doesn’t take up nearly as much of your time. And people won’t have those nasty black edges. Ugh.

    Imagine if Picasso painted what he actually saw instead of what he felt, people wouldn’t still be trying to figure what the hell he was saying! Life would be so much easier of we didn’t have to think!

    On that same subject (forgive me Jen), all you Americans out there, please remember to vote for John McCain this fall. You don’t need to think at all to do that… Steve

14. 14 Jennie May 12, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    lol Steve! it took a lot of willpower for me to not say something very similar to CDS actually, imagine if we just painted what we saw all the time? how dull. the point of painting is to go beyond that isn’t it? ah, I should be good

    actually, I’m registering for an absentee vote this year - this election is way too important to pass up.

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