Museum fears children seeing nudes, not decapitations

or is it just that our society is now so warped that something natural that we all have is more shameful and disgusting than the violence surrounding us. Gonzalez’s works are inspired by baroque style and he cites art history as a source of bloody and violent works…. It seems a real shame that these pieces are now behind closed doors, I had a chance to see some of his works on this youtube video and they look stunning. very much in the style of the masters (and some of my favorite artists) and I venture that this exhibition might be educational to kids as it explores the underworld and the way drug deals can go wrong.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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…

Blogging

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.…

New Nude: Observation

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.…

Victimization

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…

big things afoot..

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…

New Nude – Rosy

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…

phplist

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…

De-tox

Pain by Jennie I am currently in the midst of changing over medications. I’ve tolerated to my nerve medication and have to step down gradually off it. It’s disturbing to say the least – I’m filled with an unholy demonic energy that comes out in lots of little annoying ways. Combined with the fact that…