June 16, 2011 at 4:36 pm (mural)
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The mural at The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Complex in Atlantic City, NJ is the largest I’ve ever painted. It is approximately sixty feet long and ten feet high. Due to its dimensions, photographing the piece was particularly difficult.
This is my second mural in conjunction with Stockton’s Center for Community Schools. The mural was made possible by the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, the Noyes Museum of Art, Lowe’s, and the Atlantic County Board of Education. Special thanks to the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey for aiding in the research process. The mural depicts Black history of Atlantic City. Sarah Spencer Washington, Jacob Lawrence, Art Dorrington, Johanna Leseign, John Henry “Pop” Lloyd, and James Usry are some of the figures included in the work.
Detail of Sarah Spencer Washington and Pop Lloyd:
Two eighth graders assisting with painting of Ms. America and the Convention Center:
Me, working during the early stages of the mural:
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October 15, 2010 at 6:17 pm (mural)
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How to paint an awesome coffee shop mural at Casciano Coffee Bar and Sweetery in five steps.
Step One, Base Coat:
Draw the outline on wall with colored chalk. Paint base coat with primer.
Step Two, Add Color:
Distribute colored paint as evenly as possible through focal point of the mural. This ensures the most important aspects of the piece will draw attention.
Step Three, Cover All.
Fill the rest of the mural with solid blocks of color. Varying levels of depth and shadow throughout the piece welcomes the eye to wander without overwhelming it.
Step four, Add Contrast.
Make light source(s) evident with highlights and shadows. Do not use white and black to tint and shade paint, instead mix color tones for maximum saturation.
Step Five, Details:
Add details and protective top coat. The mural is now finished.
All images that feature me painting were photographed by L. James Meyers.
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August 7, 2010 at 5:36 pm (art news, mural)
Tags: art, artist, artistic, barrel, beauty, bird, blue, bright, center, color, conserve, decorated, environment, feather, flower, friendly, fund, garden, green, grow, hammonton, life, non profit, peacock, peafowl, peahen, plant, preen, rain, raiser, recycle, red, reduce, reuse
The Hammton Art Center is hosting a huge painted rain barrel fund raiser. Below is the barrel I designed, painted, and donated. The bidding for the rain barrels begins shortly and ends on Septmber 18th. I’ll link the auction once it is up.
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My Preening Peafowl barrel is losely based on these drawings I made earlier in the year.
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June 19, 2010 at 1:14 pm (mural)
Tags: acrylic, aquatic, art, artist, ashmen, Atlantic City, beauty, bubbles, children, community, eel, elementary, gulf, jashme, jen, knox, life, mural, new york, ocean, octopus, paint, painting, public, reed, school, sea, seahorse, stockton, wall, water
The aquatic mural at New York Avenue School is my first mural in conjunction with Stockton’s Center for Community Schools. The program is designed to bring art, culture, and life skills to the children of Atlantic City. Unlike my other work on this blog, the under water mural is not something I painted alone. The children of New York Avenue school aided in the design and painting of this mural. Their art teacher, Ms. Liz Parsons, also was a part of the ocean mural’s creation. Sharing the process of making a mural was a joy. The children learned a lot and have a wall in their school they can forever be proud of. Our finished coral reef is gorgeous.
click to enlarge images
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October 21, 2009 at 6:29 pm (mural)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, bubbles, cephalopod, earth, eye, haddon, jen, life, mural, new jersey, ocean, octopus, paint, painter, painting, public, purple, seaweed, SOHA, tentacle, township, twp, water, waves
I finally completed the mural I’ve been working on for Haddon Township Beautification Comity. It is part of an ongoing project to make the SOHA (South of Haddon Ave.) section of their town into the arts district. The mural is on a large potter’s planter on the corner of East Collingswood Avenue and the White Horse Pike in West Collingswood, New Jersey. If you google maps to the street view, you will see a lovely before picture.
The mural is of a giant, purple octopus named “Pauline”.
Here are some in progress shots:
Some details:
I’ve always liked the idea of the sky as water, so the bubbles seem planetary to me. One bubble that struck me as particularly homey, I added some green to. If the universe was an ocean, I’m sure creatures like Pauline would influence the stars.
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December 16, 2008 at 8:32 pm (mural, set design)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, babes in toyland, christmas, community, cutout, december, design, flats, forrest, goose, haddon field, halloween, holiday, jen, life, mother, mothergoose, musical, paint, painter, play, plays and players, production, scene, set, spider, theater, toyland, trees
Babes in Toyland, December 2008. Haddon Field Plays and Players, NJ. Set design and artistic direction: Jen Ashmen
Scene 1 – Mother Goose Land
Scene 2 – Spider Forrest
Scene 3 – Toyland
The following photos are courtesy of David Conard Photography:
Thank you so much to Plays and Players for the opportuniy to work with such a wonderful cast and crew. All our hard work really payed off. We made a beautiful production!
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June 26, 2008 at 7:16 pm (mural)
Tags: art, artist, bathroom, butterfly, dragonfly, interior, mural, paint, painter, painting, room, wall
This is a mural I painted in a bathroom back in December. The wall was about 2.5 feet from the other wall so it was very difficult to get a good photo.
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