Paint My Words

Artist: Stuart Pearson Wright

Website: http://stuartpearsonwright.com

Commentary: Stuart Pearson Wright paints with the hand of a man who knows his abilities and has honed them into a cohesive and compelling vision. Unlike runners, painters must find their own path to success. Success for a painter is not as easy as being the fastest man on the field. Stuart has managed to find success, despite the less than obvious path to it. His work possesses the qualities of seduction, nudity, death, and decay. The color choices are often muted with an aged appearance. Graphic elements are highlighted through darker hues contained within the paintings.  Women engaged in various actions are often his primary subject matter. Each work appears to have the qualities of a classic created before its time.

Artist: Cheryl Molner

Website:http://www.cherylmolnar.com/

Commentary: I found Cheryl’s work through www.artistaday.com which is an excellent resource which profiles emerging and talented artist. There was an art movement in the 70’s and 80’s in California where artist painted in a realistic yet boxy style. Images and subject matter often included perfectly manicured lawns and American dream homes. Cheryl’s work reminds me of that movement. Her subjects are collections of homes inclusive of their lawns and formal facades. She uses muted lighter tones often working in springtime colors balanced by earth hues.  She works in various media forms from collaged paper, to oil, to painting atop building blueprints. Her work is intriguing and in series would allow for amble comparison. Her website and work history are worth a view.

Artist: Jill Moser

Website: http://www.jillmoser.net/

Commentary: Jill Moser’s work is reminiscent of silent statues gazing out at a changing world.  Her works are created using monotone or black/white color palates which capture the solemnity of the works. Jill works on paper and canvas, creating her forms through silkscreen, printing and painting techniques. In the center of white negative space, slightly skewed to one side forms emerge. These forms often appear pre -complete in that the viewer is compelled to determine their final shape. The pieces are left abstract. Circles or lines jump from one side of the page to the other connecting and intertwining the forms. Jill’s work is austere, solemn and profound. One can view the pieces and uncover the beauty of winter. I would like to own one of her prints. I would place it in a calm room, a room for thought, a room for making decisions.

Artist: Able Parris

Website: http://ableparris.com/

I have been following Able’s work for the last two years.  Able Parris was one of the first “web 2.0″ creators of content that I found. Thus, his work and process has been an inspiration for the work that I produce.  If you are in need of a company logo, a website graphic redesign, a collage with artistic appeal or a view into social cultural-ism than Able Parris should be on your list of people to contact. Simply put, anything that you receive or buy from him should be treasured lovingly as a family heirloom. His work will stand the test of time. Subject matter for his collages include surreal realists works similar to those painted by Neo Rauch, Animals in odd planned interactions, themes of life and death, and historical remembrances to name a few.  His color palettes vary widely from blue, red, yellow, green, white and black, however always remain well balanced.  Able enjoys the act of drawing and frequently sketches in moleskin journals similar to those created by Hugh McLeod from gaping void.  Video flashthroughs of his sketches can be found on youtube and Able’s website.  Able is a master of Typography and has created a wide variety of corporate level work inclusive of collage and typography design aspects. Simply put, he is prolific.  For me, Able’s work is comparable to a modern “digital” version of Magritte. Creating is Able’s passion. His work causes one to question the realities that our eyes perceive daily.

I found the below poem from Arthur O’Shaughnessy on Able’s website. For those familiar with Roald Dahl, you may remember this from “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”.  Regardless, the poem is appropriate as a description of Able Parris, a mover and shaker.

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

Artist: Igor Koutsenko

Website: http://igorkoutsenkoart.com/

Commentary:

Igor Koutsenko’s work is simply amazing. Igor is a prolific, awe inspiring creator of the modern age. He works in the mediums of linocuts, woodcuts, paintings, and drawings. His works range from colorful effervescent in the style of Matisse, to monotone prints colored in themes which mirror the subject matter of the work. Frequent images include picturesque European landscapes and scenery, human figures often with a musical or literature based religious theme, and still life compositions. I love his work. It will stand the test of time simply based on his hands virtuosity.

Artist: Robert Mihaly

Website: http://www.robertmihaly.com/

Commentary: There is a castle located in Rouge Mont, N.C. designed of stone, copper and wood. It is fabricated as a summer residence and artist study for Robert Mihaly. The fame of this oddly situated castle is how I came to discover Robert Mihaly as an artist. He works primarily in stone, however I have seen some of his wooden and medal sculptures which hold their weight when compared to some of his more traditional works. His stone sculptures are monumental, decorative in the Italian form. They are quite simply stunning. His paintings are less, formal in presentation and subject matter verging on modern realism with a pop twist. They are bright, intricately detailed works which comment on society at large. His work and website are worth checking out especially if you are located in the Durham, N.C. area.

Artist: Michael Johansson

Website: http://www.michaeljohansson.com/

White framed by off white and black negative space.  Cushion and wooden frames. Metal and smooth.  Linear, vertical and horizontal. Abstract, functional and categorized. Cement and wood, with pipes. Random yet with pattern. Planned and unplanned. I love it.

Artist: Pretty Random Objects

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyrandomobjects

I am  focusing on an etsy artist today namely because her work is modern, functional, and elegant. You should check out the etsy shop available through the link above.  This is collectible one of a kind stoneware created for specific purposes. Each piece is unique, charming and entirely handmade – thus it retains its value.  It is rare that I find a potter who creates functional work that I admire – as I am often drawn to the abstracted, however in this case Pretty Random Object’s work is captivating. In the example to the left a figurative animal vessel is shown.  The vessel is described as a bear however, the viewer could easily determine this to be representative of any number of animals.  Bottom line, the etsy store is worth checking out for the warm homely feelings that the images and creations produce in the viewer. These works would fit any lifestyle, and any person. They are vessels waiting to be filled with life.

Artist: Richard Salcido

Website: http://richardsalcido.com

Commentary: Richard Salcido’s creations are captivating, haunting and fleeting.  Human female forms emerge from densely laid patterns and loose threads.  The female forms are clad, seductive in nature, eyes staring directly at the viewer.  Heavy impasto techniques applied with and over the forms add to the ethereal affect of the painting.  Richard’s subjects evoke a feelings of personal revolution.  His figures possess a religious mythological base, often evoking qualities reminiscent of the Virgin Mary or mother Teresa in somewhat desolate or unnerved states.

Artist: B.J. Stevenson

Website: http://www.bjstevenson.com/public.shtml

Commentary: I discovered B.J. Stevenson’s work while searching out stone sculptors who worked in the Feather Rock medium.  There are not many who work in Feather Rock due to its coarse and potentially flawed nature. The rock is often filled with pockets of air which could prove to be a hindrance to an artist working to create a specific shape.  Many stone sculptors thus choose to work in either limestone, marble, alabaster or some other traditional rock medium.  The benefits of feather rock however should be considered before outweighing it as a potential medium.  Its weight to volume is easily half that of denser rocks. It can be carved without dulling tools and once a rough shape has been formed it can further be enhanced through sanding with an orbital or palm sander.

B.J. Stevenson forms large boulders of feather rock into delicate and inticrate seashell like designs. They are abstract in nature however they have rhythmic elements which unite the sculptures.  The viewer’s eye is thus forced around the object being drawn into the view of alternating negative and positive forms.  His works are left unpainted and are not polished, thus there is an earthy quality that the feather rock sculptures convey.

Artist: Gustav Klimt

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt

Commentary: I did not study art history until my college and high school years were completed. Thus, as with most “famous” artist I only learned about Gustav after seeing the works of ‘lesser” artist in galleries and museums.  Gustav work for me surpasses many contemporary and historical artists.  He was one of the first modern artist that I studied and years later, he still remains high on my list of favorites despite the fact that I have viewed thousands of works. His work is unified through a style that is distinctly his. Gustav’s subject matter normally involves human male and female figures entwined in a close embrace or landscape scenes. His work bridges the gap between impressionism and pointillism. Squares and circles of colors unify and adhere to one another forming a patchwork of brilliant color. His works are large, stunning and captivating. They would bejewel any location with their presence. I would hypothetically of course, loose a pinky finger or more to own one.

Artist: Norman Rockwell

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell

Commentary: Norman Rockwell’s work began in the 1920’s and continued through the 1970’s. I am a child of the eighties. His work was so prolific, so consumed by American culture and so approachable that children from later generations such as myself have grown up with his images and have come to see them as part of the American cultural landscape.  His images of boy scouts engaged in manly activities are still in use today by numerous publications. His images of Rosy the Riveter are an icon of the WWII generation of American workers.  Norman Rockwell was an artist, an illustrator, and a husband. He married three times during his life and suffered from mental instability during the later stages. Through all of this, he continued to work as a full time painter.  His works reflected the stylized ideals of American life, despite the fact that his life was anything but stable or ideal. His technique especially regarding the presentation of the human form was masterful. His chosen subject matter unfortunately in most works was unappealing from an artistic sense in that he chose to portray illustrated staged scenes of idealized life rather than reality or hyper reality. Similar to Nazi wartime sponsored propaganda; Rockwell’s work straddled the line between art and artistic propaganda.  Regardless, Normal Rockwell was a masterful painter whose work has endured the test of time to date.  He has made his mark on the American art scene. His work spoke to a generation of people searching for the American Dream. Only time will tell if his work will speak so elegantly to those who view it in the future, or if it will simply be seen as a stalwart of false hope from our nations past.

Artist: Charmaine Olivia

Website: www.charbage.deviantart.com

Commentry : Charmaine Olivia portrays people and animals as her primary subject matter. Her colors are warm and soft, evocotave of water colors or light pastels.  This is a unique effect in that the works are primarily created using oil paints.  Her works are medium to small in scale, often being painted on 10 by 12 inch blocks of canvas. Her figures are realistic portrayals, slightly seductive with an emphasis on celebrating youth.  Whimsical feathers, birds or unique patterns adorn some of her works. These detailed regions of the paintings highlight the fact that Charmaine Olivia has a well honed painter’s hand. Every brushstroke is placed with a purpose. Her works are planned, however they retain a painterly quality which other realistic artist sometimes loose as the works approach photorealism.  Charmaine’s works are happy celebrations portraying the beauty in life.

Artist: Neo Rauch

Website: http://wapedia.mobi/en/Neo_Rauch

Commentary:Neo Rauch for me is in imposing figure in the art world. He walks the fine line between old and new. He is irrefutably German in subject matter. His paintings appear to alway shave a political agenda.  His characters originate from desolate tortured scenes.  Soldiers from WWI and WWII allied and axis dominate his works.  Maidens can be seen engaged in various forms of work. Paint tubes grotesquely large occupy many of the works spilling their colored fluid across the canvas. His color choices are often muted, and dulled browns accented with glints of green, blue, red and yellow. His works are entirely realistic stylized and figurative with an emphasis on narrative painting.  Particular attention is paid to motion in the works as well as shadowing and location of light sources.

Neo Rauch is a modern master.  if I could afford his works they would hang in every room of my house.

Artist: Faune Yerby

Website: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39276271&ref=sc_25

Commentary:

Black and White hand colored photos of New York city architecture and icons collaged on canvas.  The images are easily recognizable as being from New York.  The monotone nature of the coloring adds to the affect of faded age, vintage glory and unified cohesion.

Artist: Micheal Banks

Website: http://www.mikesarttruck.com/banks.html

Commentary: I discovered Micheal Banks while visiting “the krumpleton” a local dive bar in Chapel Hill, N.C. The walls are covered in numerous works by Banks. The pub master told me that he was personal friends with Micheal Banks and that the pictures were on display for the benefit of Mr. Banks. I being under the impression of a good scotch, enjoying a night out, dutifully walked around the large bar inspecting all of the works.

Micheal Banks works are composed of tar, plywood, and oil.  His work is unique in that few artist have found a way to work with tar in such a new and dynamic method.  Micheal applies tar to wood and while it is still wet, he carves his subject matter, humans, flowers and animals.  Once the initial tar layer has dried, Micheal reworks the paintings with lustrous color applications.

Micheal Banks redefined the possibilities of oil painting.

Artist: Sophie Blackall

Website:

www.sophieblackall.com
www.sophieblackall.blogspot.com
http://missedconnectionsny.blogspot.com/

Commentary:

Sophie Blackall is an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She is an accomplished and well known artist and illustrator. I have chosen to highlight her, namely because it is rare for such an accomplished artist to post original paintings for sale on etsy.  Her works often include figures as the subject matter engaged in daily routines.  Often figures are conversing or interacting in some routine expected way with one another. The subjects are drawn in an expressive yet figurative artistic manner. The figures are characterized in order to highlight aspects that the painter deems as important, such as seemingly excessive flowing hair.

Her color palate is often flat and muted, with tone build through rounded shading.  Her works do not use texture and are 2D in pictorial design.  This gives each work a look similar to that evoked by the clay animation of Tim Burton in works such as “A Nightmare before Christmas.”  This effect is most likely due to Sophie’s illustrator background. It allows for the focus of the viewer to remain on the subjects face and actions rather than for the focus to spread across the viewing plane.  Thus each work draws the viewer in without overwhelming their senses in needless detail or aesthetic disharmony.

Artist: Donna Gotlib

Websites:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DGotlib

http://twitter.com/DGotlib

http://brainzapart.blogspot.com

Commentary:

Donna Gotlib’s work available through her etsy shop is reminiscent of raindrop dissections, cellular biology and musical scores. Her works are vibrant, busy and expounding with motion.  Colorful spheres and geometric shapes cut across, emerge from and dissect the canvas. The subjects of her works are the interaction of these shapes. One is reminded of the anatomy of insects presented inches from the eye or the conglomeration of disparate flowers joined together through distant fields. Her works are composed using artist paper, paint pens, acrylic and gouche.  Red, yellow and purple are the primary color choices with color delineated by black line outlines, which are often surrounded by white negative space.  Her works are abstract, yet approachable, and unintimidating.

Artist: Nick Gentry

Website: http://www.nickgentry.co.uk/

Commentary:

Nick Genry’s work is simply put a modern breakthrough. His painting style is choppy and unsubtle in the works presented thus far. This is not to say however, that they are inglorious.  Instead, his style mirrors the dissonance associated with discarded computer memorabilia.  Busts and facial portraitures erupt from a facade of discarded VHS tapes and computer floppy discs. These found objects are placed into unique positions throughout the works and the color and form of the works highlights the specific orientation of the included objects. In one piece a VHS tape is subdued behind the eye’s of the portrait. Nick Gentry uses the plastic turn knobs on the VHS tape as the subjects eyeballs. In other works, floppy disc compose the background. They have been made neutral through an application of white paint and the subject has been painted on top of them as if the discs where once the property of the subject or more earily as if the disc contain a historical record of the subject. Yellow/Blue are the primary colors used, augmented by heavy layers of black and white. A sober Picasso meets the computer age.

Artist: Emily Jeffords

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyJeffords

Commentary: Emily Jeffords works merge the artistic mediums of photography and painting.  Painting mediums include water and oils on artist quality paper.  Subject matter often involves ubiquitous springtime flowers and other familiar compositions such as a house or car lining a street.  Emily often uses vibrant, bright single toned colors which are balanced through delicate layering. Her photographic works focus on arranged wooden compositions which have texture as well as color. These compositions maintain an incredible tactile sense of depth. Colors for her works are often red/green based with hints of yellow and blue. Black also plays a predominate role especially when compared to the relative lack of white in her works.  Her photographs would well suit a small room with the aim of making it more inviting and adding subtle warmth. Her watercolors would suit any room with bright lighting and open spaces.

Artist: Lisa Congdon

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lisacongdon

Commentary:  Lone animals and tree scenes dominate Lisa’s work.  The color schemes are muted, well balanced, yet full of life.  Paintings are predominated by blue, red, green, and white.  Forms are seperated by color and texture rather than black lines.  Most images have a sense of depth created through shadowing and a general rounding of figures.  Lisa’s works are painterly in the color application techniques used.

Artist: Sricther

Website: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=35636871

Commentary: Doodles layered into a strikingly complex composition surmise the style which Srichter’s work conveys. Most works are smaller scale in nature 11 inches by 14inches, perhaps due to the complexity and time demands of the painting style. All works are completed on a white ground with positive space filled out in black doodles often through the use of oil pastel or marker.  These doodles appear to dive into and emerge from each other.  White spaces are then subsequently filled into to complete a patchwork of color.  Red, yellow, orange. blue and green dominate the color palate, each radiating its warmth against the surrounding colors.  The images are complex in nature reminiscent of style composition from both M.C. Escher and Pollock.

Artist: Tali

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tushtush?section_id=5745516

Commentary: Tali is an artist whom I found while scouring etsy. He sells a large number of smaller prints along with works in oil color and acrylic. Many use black/white grounding juxtaposed against light vibrant color schemes.  Human figures dominate the subject matter.  Yellow, Red and Blue reside as the primary color scheme.

Artist: Lucy V

Website: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lucyvnz

Commentary

The above dress is my second purchase from Lucy V etsy shop. When the first dress that I purchased (for my wife) arrived a few months back, it was laced with an aromatic perfume and wrapped in fine tissue paper.  Customer service and going the extra mile are key selling points for Lucy V.  On a whim, and simply because I admire Lucy’s style of dress making as does my wife, I decided to purchase another one of her dresses.  Coincidentally, I realized that she, like many Etsy sellers is an artist whom I admire.

Her primary medium is cloth with a leaning towards vintage fabrics, bright and/or muted colors, silk and lace. She weaves these disparate components into one of kind wardrobe compositions.  Articles created primarily include, dresses, aprons, and handbags.  Each article is handmade and well balanced in that it functions as a work of art as well as a functional article of clothing. Simply put, I love her work; I’ll come back to her store for years to come as long as she is still producing. Oh, I forgot to mention one of the best points; that her prices are comparable to mass produced clothing from a traditional brick and mortar store.

Artist: Chris Roberts

Website: www.Deadclownart.com

Commentary:

Chris Roberts is a younger, angrier Andy Warhol; that is in terms of the byproduct of his mind and the product of his hand. His paintings are dominated by compacted space filled with either lone figures or distorted facial visages.  His figures are separated from the background solely through the use of colored lines which creates a haunting affect.  The figures meld and merge with the background, thus creating a highly unified composition. The majority of images are produced in yellow, red, blue and green hues with minimal use of black or white for balancing.  Works include photography collages, mixed media, acrylic, spray paint and ink predominantly.  These paintings are not of a style which one would necessarily want to place in a refined living room, however they do have a place within the home of an art lover. Perhaps, a cozy warm breakfast nook or hidden reading retreat would be the best location for showcasing them.  Chris Roberts paintings demand attention and should thus be placed in a location where the viewer can stumble and reflect upon them without their presence distracting from other objects of interest in the surrounding room.

Chris Roberts images are simple, nostalgic in nature and compelling in subject matter.  The subject matter is readily approachable by masses of people due to the use of easily recognizable forms.  For instance, his works include images of Mao, Michael Jackson and Napoleon Dynamite.  Chris Roberts is an artist worth watching in the coming years.  As a semi abstract figurative artist he has a bright future.

Artist: Rodgy Roundy

Website: http://www.rodgerroundy.com

Commentary:

I found Rodgy Roundy through an RSS subscription to Artistaday.com.  Artistaday is a well designed user interactive forum/blogging site which has the aim of highlighting one artist a day.  The good folks there have been doing this for years, and have built up an extensive collection of searchable artist.  The format is such that an artist is highlighted using his/her bio alongside a picture of their work.  Artistday.com focuses on sculpture artist, photography artist and painters.  In short, every medium is accepted so long as the end result of the artistic process is a tangible object or image.

I am primarily interested in the painters and sculptors presented on the site.  Rodgy Roundy in particular arrested my scrolling hand as my RSS feeds rolled down the page.  His work has been to date a gleeful fusion of “Where’s Waldo and M.C. Escher”.  The focus of many of Rodgy Roundy’s work remains the interaction between many seemingly identical characters.  These figures interact with one another in such activities as swimming through a sea of letters, horse back riding, archery, building strange structural monoliths.  The figures are often female, often of a generic hair color (blonde, brown or red) and often wearing catholic school girl outfits. Color is not the primary focus of the works. In later works color was an accent to the composition. In present day it has been eliminated entirely from the palette. Earlier works from ten years previous are less complex in subject material and composition compared to those being produced today.  The viewer can readily see the progressive style that Rodge Roundy has cultivated over the years.

Artist: Sylvia Grantins

Website: http://sylviagrantins.blogspot.com/

Commentary:

Sylvia’s Grantins paintings contain the “terroir” of her home. Sylvia’s paintings evoke the rich textures of Ontario erupting with springtime joy. Her works are bright, produced in a flurry of seemingly spontaneous yet purposeful action.  Her images evoke the mood of a sparsely populated meandering land of lonesome nestled hilltops, fields of pulsating flours, and trees blown through the wind.

Her art is primarily produced on mounted canvas. Dimensions vary between 4 inches square to larger museum sized panels.  Prices for her work are extremely reasonable given that they are one of a kind works.  The tonal value of the color of Sylvia’s work is high, in that when compared to a peacock feather her works would hold their own weight.  This does not mean, however that they are gaudy or ill conceived.  Instead, Sylvia manages to find a rich harmonious balance through the combination of brilliant liquid hues.  Often forms are created in a waving manner, through white infused paint, creating lava like texture. Once this layer has dried, subsequent layers of paint are applied to create forms such as poppy flowers or tree branches.  This process is repeated until the image is complete.  I am particularly fond of her smaller works when combined into a series of related frames.  These images 4 inches square when mounted as Sylvia does on wooden supports create a quilt like appearance which would warm any room painted in a muted earth tone.

Artist: Andrea Le Beau

Website: http://www.andrealebeau.com/

Commentary:

From Andrea Le Beau’s work, one can perceive that she is an artist who continually experiments with her technique.  Without inhibition she attacks the object of her focus with an artistic passion.  Her body of work includes traditional mounted linen with flowers as the main subject matter, clothing, works on found objects and encaustic creations.  When compared alongside one another, these works all convey the sense of originating from the same hand.  Primary similarities include an earth toned base coat with sparing applications of complimentary color applied.  Andrea Le Beau’s creations are simplistic in design, thus the images created are not overwhelming to the viewer.  They could be positioned in any space without fear of overburdening the room which they inhabit.  I have chosen to profile her work, namely because there is a vibrant painterly quality to her encaustic work.  For those of you unfamiliar with the term encaustic, it is an artistic application form whereby hot beeswax infused with color or left unadulterated is applied to canvas.  This technique has the ability to create window like semi translucent glazes or in the case of Andrea le Beau the entire composition of a work.  In the image above, yellow golden organic shapes emerge and dissipate from the ethereal canvas.  The monotone color palette adds rather than distracts from the complexity of the piece by further highlighting the color gradients.

Artist: Karl Greaves

Website: www.Karlgreaves.com

Commentary:

Think Jackson Pollock distilled into a purified essence.  Karl Greaves work can be categorized as refined entropy.  Quickly shaped semi organic forms emerge and dissipate into the canvas.  Separation between the “subject” and background is minimal however remains apparent in most work.  Delineation between forms is created by differences in color applications.  Human like forms often with a ghostly and disjointed appearance pervade Karl Greaves work.  The shadowing on these figures is reminiscent of that used by Salvador Dali on his surrealist renditions of human subjects.  The colors are vibrant; however remain harmonious throughout each piece.  Clashes of yellow, red, green and blue dominate with a preference for black over white.  The entire canvases are filled with color, thus making it harder to discern the “subject” from the image as a whole.  Forms and figures thus appear to spring from the canvas rather than being distanced from it.  The colors in most works appear to be layered and compounded to develop or enhance chosen areas of the works.  This technique is labor intensive in that Karl must work with a random unknowing right mind and an informed left mind, with the ultimate goal of finding a balance between chaos and form.

Artist: Jenny Watts

Website: http://www.friendsinmay.com

Commentary:

Jenny Watts is an artist that I have chosen to profile, namely because I admire her work – specifically her use of color.  Her work is reminiscent of early Marc Chagall, at least so much in the choice of color palette.  Her works are smaller in scale and synergize well when displayed in series.  Color schemes and style thus transfer well when comparing images side by side.  The color palette chosen primarily involves blue/green juxtaposed against hollow white/black figures or yellow/red juxtaposed against hollow white/black figures.  The backgrounds of most works have distorted rhythmic appearances which convey a weathered and antique appearance.

Animal forms and figures are the primary focal point of Jenny’s work.  The figures appear whimsical yet resolute, as if they are aware that one is watching their movements. They are drawn in a stencil/pop fashion in that most are white/off white with roundness achieved through the use of black lines outlining the counters.  The relative lack of color separates the figures from the background, thus giving the images a sense of depth.

Personally, I would like to see larger scale paintings produced, with the characters interacting together. This concept would produce a painting with potentially less visual impact at first due to the inclusion of more white from the figures; however it would be fun for the viewer to untangle the actions of the characters on display.  A painting of this style would require the viewer to actively engage in the painting.  Being said, the works as they stand now hold value and are unique and noteworthy on their own merit.  Jenny is a young artist with a bright future.