This drawing seems to somehow fit what I'm feeling right now, after having walked a good 25 minutes in an honest-to-goodness blizzard. This drawing represents my struggle through biting wind and slapping snow.
Sunday
Windshield
This drawing seems to somehow fit what I'm feeling right now, after having walked a good 25 minutes in an honest-to-goodness blizzard. This drawing represents my struggle through biting wind and slapping snow.
Thursday
Rio Bravo
I had just watched one of my favorite westerns when I drew this. I think I was influenced by the earthy, dry colors of the southwest.
Honestly Art Interview
I was fortunate to be featured on Honestly Art, a great new art blog that is all about independent artists. Definitely check it out!
My Automatic Drawings were the focus. You can read the insightful interview here.
Sunday
And Now... Prints!
I have decided, after much deliberation, to offer some reproductions of a selection of my drawings. So far I'm offering these three pieces, all in a fun 5" x 7" size - perfect for adding a little touch of art to any situation! They are now available in my shop
Saturday
Pilot
This one definitely looks like a fish. Was I thinking about fish as I drew this? I don't remember. Maybe I had sushi that day for lunch.
Thursday
I Miss Painting
I love my drawings with all my heart - but lately I've been really feeling to urge to paint again. It's a struggle with the little space that I have to use as my studio presently, but I need to find a way.
In the meantime as I work this out, I will continue to draw and will post some new work soon. Here's one new piece, I call it "Locomotive."
Saturday
In Need of Inspiration
I'm off to the Met today, perfect day for it too - rainy and gray. I expect to return with lots of ideas to work out in tiny, automatic drawings.
This is a new drawing, I call it Innermost, after a Mission of Burma song that I was listening to.
Monday
Now Appearing on Little Paper Planes
I am happy to announce that I am now selling limited edition prints of a few of my drawings at littlepaperplanes.com
Take a look! There's lots of wonderful art for sale!
Thursday
New Drawing *The Magician*
This drawing resembles a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. I am reminded everyday that this world is so filled with wonder - how fantastic.
Friday
Slow Down
My body has been sending me a myriad of signals to slow down, and it's prompted me to rethink a lot of things. As I focus on feeling 100% healthy and back to normal, my artwork has taken a back seat. Which is fine - I'm listening to my body and taking action to make changes in my life that need to be made. I plan on having some new drawings completed in a few days anyway.
Thursday
Tuesday
Thursday
Monday
In the Back of My Mind
I drew this while listening to the Beach Boys' Today! album. I think it speaks more to the longing and misunderstood-feeling aspect of the Beach Boys' music. It has always confused me how people so easily dismiss the Beach Boys as just simple, happy beach music - there are so many layers :)
Thursday
Tuesday
Babylon
Babylon 8" x 10" ink on beige paper
I've noticed that when there is a lot going on in my life, my drawings become smaller, more controlled and more self-contained.
Friday
Influences
Being such a visual person, just about every album that I have ever listened to is associated in my mind with a singular image. My earliest memories are based on the music that was playing in my house, and along with it, the album covers that I saw often. It has only become known to me recently how strong an impression some of the album covers made on me when I was very young.
These two are albums that I remember seeing a lot, and I can easily see how the shapes and patterns stuck so lastingly in my mind, and have surely impacted my work.
Thursday
Bye Birdie
I made this drawing while half watching "Bye Bye Birdie," a movie that I saw often enough when I was growing up. I'm not sure I care for it so much anymore. Definitely not one of my favorite musicals, but I do like how the drawing came out.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Touch 'Em All
My admiration and love for the game of baseball has been quite apparent in a few of my newest drawings. I'm usually unsure of how obvious the inspiration for my work is, but with these I think it's pretty clear. "Touch 'Em All" was drawn while watching the Mets play the Nationals.
Monday
Wednesday
The {NewNew} POPs up at 93 Nevins
My Etsy Team, The {NewNew}, will participate in this year's Atlantic Art Walk by highlighting artists that use environmentally-friendly materials in their creations at 93 Nevins Street - reclaimed from a building derelict for 20 years, this new townhouse was created with the idea to be as green as possible.
Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of open artist studios and area exhibitions, a range of public art projects, special events, with local merchants hosting a range of artwork and events. Our pop-up shop will be open on both days of the Art Walk where participants in the self-guided, curated tour will get a taste of the variety of handmade items that are created in the local community.
Find green gifts made from sustainable materials such as silkscreened apparel, fine art drawings and prints, handmade ceramics, paper goods, plush toys, jewelry and housewares.
As always, we try to help you shop local within the top tier of craft.
Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of open artist studios and area exhibitions, a range of public art projects, special events, with local merchants hosting a range of artwork and events. Our pop-up shop will be open on both days of the Art Walk where participants in the self-guided, curated tour will get a taste of the variety of handmade items that are created in the local community.
Find green gifts made from sustainable materials such as silkscreened apparel, fine art drawings and prints, handmade ceramics, paper goods, plush toys, jewelry and housewares.
As always, we try to help you shop local within the top tier of craft.
Sunday
Melon
I call this one "Melon" because it looks like two funkadelic honeydew slices dancing the electric slide.
Thursday
Drawings
In a way, I feel like this series is an experiment in intuition. I am basically taking the external cues from my immediate environment - it could be music, or a movie, maybe conversation - and allowing them to influence the movement of my hand. I have always felt resistant toward planning my work. Making sketches and studies before diving into a new painting was never a compelling step. I suppose this is why I find these automatic and instinctual drawings so appealing.
Friday
Automatic Drawings
These two pieces are from my automatic drawings series. I've got over 50 of them already - they are just flowing out of me! They are simple and self-contained and abstract and direct. All are 8" x 10" ink on gray paper. You can view all of my new drawings here: jennanewton.com
Wednesday
Organic Still Life #1 and #2
These two new drawings are all about the line and pattern.
Both are 8" x 10" ink on paper.
Both are 8" x 10" ink on paper.
Carnival Song
Carnival Song
8" x 8" mixed media on wood
I excitedly look forward to the day when I have the space
to make these paintings on an enormous scale.
Tuesday
Walk This Way
Walk This Way
8" x 8" mixed media on wood
In this new series of abstracted interior spaces I'm mostly concerned
with the process - the pattern and line work become intuitive.
Monday
New Paintings
Here are three of my latest. "Even Now I'm Annoyed by You,"
"Luncheon," and "This Time it's for Keeps." All are 8" x 8" mixed
media on wood.
Wednesday
new paintings
"Tyson and Friends" and "Watching and Waiting" both 8 in. x 8 in.
mixed media on wood.
Tuesday
Thursday
Saturday
"let's do the show right here" and other drawings
Tuesday
new drawing
this one is called "time will bring you everything." it is 5" x 7"
marker on card stock. i think the influence in this drawing series is
three-fold: the ecstatic color of impressionistic work, language as
art in mayan hieroglyphs, along with the communicatory aspects of
graffiti.
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