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It's Not The End of the World

2/27/2019

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It's Not the End of the World
"It's Not the End of the World" - oil on deep canvas, 24" x 24" x 1.75".  Ready to hang.  Available here and at Artfinder.  Note: this piece ships in two weeks, as the oil paints require drying time.

It is the final week of the seascapes course, and Pauline Agnew is pushing us to fall off the edge of the paint cliff and just GO FOR IT.  We watched her throw a massive band of pink paint across a painting she wasn't satisfied with and then transform it into something completely different and amazing.  Jaw-dropping paint bravery!

So today's piece began as an underpainting in oils, waiting to be transformed.  And it nearly broke me!  It isn't easy to toss paint and make amazement.  Poor hubby listened to me stomping around and grumbling as one version after another turned to cow patties.

But I kept at it, walking away and coming back. And finally I turned the whole thing upside down and got a glimmer of ...something.  Following that glimmer - letting the paint speak until BOOM, there it was, a painting coming together.

This process is not for the faint of heart!  Or for the easily frustrated. But if you like a sense of artistic adventure, this will give you a treasure hunt through treacherous waters and an end result that feels like you earned it by golly.  In the end, a troubled canvas is not the end of the world.  It is the beginning of another one.
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the underpainting

Meanwhile, back in the studio, my intrepid intern, Fiona Denihan, has been  soaking up marketing knowledge like a super absorbent sponge.  Only a month in, she has created a website, identified her brand AND launched some products on Redbubble!  

Take a peek:

Fiona's website

Fiona Denihan on Redbubble
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9 Comments
Carl Stoveland
2/27/2019 07:06:08 pm

In a word. That is Stunning! Well done!

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jen
2/27/2019 07:07:13 pm

WOOOHOOOOO! Thanks for making my day, Carl!!!!

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Carl Stoveland
2/27/2019 07:17:17 pm

Moving cross country has not slowed you down. In fact you are playing at a whole new level. Congrats!!

jen
2/27/2019 07:18:33 pm

ooooh definitely much slower...but my focus is honed. That helps a lot!

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Carol Edan link
2/28/2019 04:44:39 am

Reuven my mentor always reminds us that to move forward you have to take risks. What a WOW painting! Pauline is such an excellent painter and teacher! She's a pusher and she got results!
Congrats Fiona on your site and store! Don't forget to put a place for commenting!

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jen
2/28/2019 10:21:35 am

Carol! I feel so transformed every time I take a workshop from Pauline! Thank you for "introducing" me to her. I am so thrilled! And I will pass on your comment comment to Fiona. Thanks for taking a peek! xo

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Fiona Denihan
3/3/2019 02:56:15 pm

Thank you so much!! I will be sure to add a comments section!!

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Dotty Seiter link
2/28/2019 06:51:07 am

Jen, not sure how you make going over Niagara barrel-less feel like a gift, but wheeeeeeeeeeee … here I go! Derring-do and energy surge through "It's Not the End." So grateful to have you leading the charge in your art. You inspire. You dazzle.

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jen
2/28/2019 10:22:32 am

oooh Dotty thank you! Wheeeeeeeeee indeed! I am leaving it all out there in the paint this month thanks to Pauline. :)

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