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#FBF...that one time...when I was Frida...

2/22/2019

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...and of course I have a blog post to go with this;
https://www.jenniferlovegironda.com/blog/knock-knock

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Happening now...Frida's are getting more 'painterly'

2/21/2019

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Somewhere along the line...my Frida's started getting more...ummmm...'painterly'.  I always remember hearing that in art school and I kinda understood...but now I think I understand more.  To me it's when each brush stroke becomes a painted feeling on my surface.

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Project Runway All-Stars, two new fashion illustrations...

2/17/2019

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Because I need one more thing to do...lol

Nah, I had to sketch these pieces from Project Runway All Stars!  What am supposed to do, just sit and watch?!

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So much to see on my IG! Check me out!

2/16/2019

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Follow my Instagram...it's always up to date!!
@artinw_damuse
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#TBT...a pic with my forever Valentine...

2/14/2019

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Click on the picture to read about our trip to the Dali Museum to see the Frida show in March 2017!
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Peeking in on the new Frida series...

2/13/2019

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Well, I am twelve pieces into the series and it has changed quite a bit and is still developing.  When I first started I was working more with my fashion illustration style, using a red dress and stylized Frida motif as the unifying elements. 

​And then...my book arrived in the mail;
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This book is unique because the majority of the book is her actual diary- sketches and doodle, musings and stream of conscoiusness writing...but in SPANISH.  Luckily, the back of the book is all the translations of the material.
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What happened next was...I started to do portraits of Frida and stopped with the fashion illustrations. You know...I had thought in January that I might work with the idea of fashion sketches all of 2019 but truth is...it didn't fit for Frida.  I wanted to create images that included more of her face.  

This was the first piece showing the change in direction;

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And something just kinda clicked.  When the art flows from my brain to my hands more fluidly...then I know that I am on the right path.  If I find myself sitting and thinking too much instead of 'doing' then I know that it is time to switch it up.  And it was.  

​So I kept making portraits;
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The thing with painting is...for me at least...it is more of a push-pull relationship.  When I work in watercolors, which I often do, the watercolors are less forgiving...so I make the work in 'one pass'.  I either get it right or I don't, I don't keep re-working the piece.

When I work with thicker paint I always go with acrylic.  I love how fast it dries, so if I want to change something I just let it dry then paint right on top.  I love the smell of acrylic paint- I love the way it glides on the surface.  I just love it.  

But...I also had fun spray painting last year with some of my themes, and I still had spray paint and stencils so...this happened;
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​...and that is where I am right now with the series.  Frida portraits on colored backgrounds, spray paint, her words scribbled on the surface- then sometimes sanded back...that is what I am doing- for now.
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You're SO warped!!

2/13/2019

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I wanted to add this post because it may be helpful to someone out there.  If you are following my #LoveFridaJLG series then you know that I am painting on board.  I really like the warmth that the brown of the board gives the works, even if it's in my imagination (you know, since I am painting on it with thick acrylic paint!)  One thing that I noticed early on is that my boards were warping due to the paint on the one side.  I remembered a trick from the late, great Mr. Ray Elmore at my beloved alma mater, East Carolina University.

If you have a cardboard or canvas board that is warping- just paint the back with gesso.  This balances out the moisture and pulls on the fibers in the board (I don't know if that is the exact explaination, but it sounded kinda smart and legit to me) ...like magic, it flattens out the work.  

For real, it works!  Try it!  
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(Belated) February 2019 series intro...

2/5/2019

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So it's not so much that I was too busy to post about the new series...it's just that I was still thinking it all through.  When I was thinking about what I wanted to do I knew that I wanted to do something 'Valentine's Day' inspired...because...well...I usually do.  Not always...but usually.
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Here are some links if you are interested...
2012...2013...2014...2015...2016...2017...2018

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Well, something happened on Friday, February 1st that gave me my final direction and inspiration for my series.  My colleague, Brent, arranged for a guest speaker.  We hosted John Parra, a childrens's book illustrator that was the featured artist at the Biblioarte Festival in Lake Worth that weekend.  

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Parra shared some of his originals with us and it was his Frida Kahlo images that really spoke to me.  They were breathtaking.  So many layers- such rich color!  And...TEXTURE.  I was smitten.  He shared his process with us, which involved layers of paint, masking and sand paper and I was intrigued. 
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So, I left from school thinking about Frida and those images...especially the techniques that he shared. And I started thinking...maybe I should do something with Frida imagery.  I mean...I have worked with her image before.  Heck, I have dedicated a couple whole month series to Frida Kahlo, and she has appeared in my daily art from time to time over the years;


Links to dedicated Frida months;
August 2014...October 2017

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Examples of 'Fridas' that I have made over the years...the two black and white images are part of monthly themes- so there are 30 more of each of 'em!

My idea right now is Frida and love...thinking about the passionate (yet REALLY tumultuous!!) relationship that she had with Diego Rivera.  I am focusing on some of her love-related quotes right now but I have some other ideas, too...will see where those take me.  

I am doing my own version of what I learned from John Parra, focusing on those textures that dazzled me.  I have been saving the back pieces to my sketch pads for, well- forever so I had a on already on hand.  I prepped a few by taping them off, gessoing them and then adding some colors.   I have been adding my Frida image (of course it is my 'fashion illustration' style that I have so much fun doing!), then words, and spray painted stencils (that's MY touch to his technique!) and I am trying out the sandpaper to rough up the surface.  I feel like this initial idea and the materials and techniques will give me enough structure to work with but also room to play around.

Anyway, those are my initial thoughts on the new series, #LoveFridaJLG ...and here are the first few pieces;
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Another fun show at Slushbox- this one is LOCALS ONLY!

2/2/2019

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I am excited to be a part of this show at Slushbox Gallery...not just because it's such a great venue AND it's an honor to have my work hanging on the same wall as some of the most talented artists in south Florida...but one of those artists is my colleague Brent Bludworth!  
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I always love their marketing for the shows- this one is sooooo SoFlo!
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A panoramic to show the full, fab wall
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Blud and I are on the same wall...can you spot our work?
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...here's #mineZ
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Time to THRIVE!

2/1/2019

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​THANK YOU Rickie for the invite to the Thriving Art Exchange  at CJR Fina Arts and Frame.  Rickie is always SO SUPPORTIVE of not only me (love our phone calls and emails so much!) but of so many artists and the art community as a whole.  

The weather outside was rainy and yucky but the enthusiasm and good vibes with the crowd inside were totally worth the rainy drive.

Click below to read the Rickie Report, a south Florida arts staple...by Rickie, of course!

​RICKIE REPORT!


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I didn't know Angela and Jess were going, so that was a great surprise!
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