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Fight Like a Girl

3/18/2021

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"Fight Like a Girl" (a collaborative diptych) - 20" x 34" x 1.75".  Mixed media on deep cradled wood panel.  Ready to hang (Sides are painted; no need to frame.  Hanging hardware attached.)  This piece was created by Trina Tarlton and Jen Jovan.  Available here.

I have walked this body to the rim of its ends
From there I have seen everything else

It was there I felt the flexing of the bicep
And the sudden swing of hips

The traffic island of the heart


A basilica of stone waiting for skin
I stood on the rims and carved the tree rings in

​ - Jenny Hval and Susanna, "I Have Walked This Body"


This is what happens when one artist dares another to push boundaries.  Things get, well, pushed.

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Fight Like a Girl
Trina suggested a collaboration.  We had a general idea...but then blew that out of the pond and just let it run wild.  Between us, we have a lot of mutual history - spinal injury, baddassery, big love and big loss.  And art.  

So sending boards through the mail and painting on another person's work - whoa!  But we did it.  And it is something neither one of us would have independently dared to do.  We've redefined how to fight like a girl.  

Enjoy the video - turn up the volume, see what happens when artists collide. 
8 Comments
Dotty Seiter link
3/18/2021 12:21:14 pm

omg, you are really STEPPING OUT, Jen, and in fine company! Hats off to you and Trina! I am especially pulled in by the facial details, drips, colors, and brushstrokes.

Brava! Brava!

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jen
3/18/2021 04:13:58 pm

Dotty! Thank you! This one was a big stretch...and I am so glad we did it. :)

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Carl
3/18/2021 12:24:23 pm

Yay! Amazing. Great work Jen and Trina!

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jen
3/18/2021 04:14:22 pm

Carl! Thank you! Wooohooooo!

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Carolyn
3/18/2021 01:25:16 pm

Just WOW! THIS!!! Incredible!

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jen
3/18/2021 04:14:48 pm

awwww thank you Carolyn!!! Big hugs!

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Cheryl Eggleston
3/18/2021 01:38:16 pm

I Just Loved It! All of it! Both paintings, music and video choreography! Great job Jen and Trina! Both serious fighters!

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jen
3/18/2021 04:15:30 pm

Cheryl! Thank you, feisty artist lady! We so appreciate your support and comment!

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