A simple illustration of the classic fairy tale.
Beauty and the Beast
November 29, 2011 at 4:14 pm (Concept Art, photoshop)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, beast, beauty, belle, bete, Cthulhu, digital, dress, fairy tale, french, fur, hair, hands, hooves, jen, lady, monster, not disney, paint, painter, painting, photoshop, re imagining, renaissance, tracy, watercolor, whimsical
It Takes Two to Tango
November 13, 2011 at 12:30 am (Concept Art)
Tags: affection, art, artist, beautiful, beauty, business, dance, dress, gratitude, illustration, jen, jennifer, love, management, paint, painter, painting, pinterest, poodle, promotion, red, rose, skirt, social networking, splash, tango, time, tracy, tumblr, two, watercolor, women
There are two main components to being an artist. The first is obviously creating art. The second is the one that I, and many other artists, struggle with. The second is promoting your art.
I’ve been spending the past month focusing on the promotion of my work. It certainly has been paying off. I have my first solo exhibition at the Ocean City Arts Center March 2012. My drawings are now on sale at the Noyes Museum of Art’s gift shop. Currently, my work is showing in three group shows. People are posting my works in their tumblrs and pinterests. It feels good to be appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to look at my work. Thank you for taking the time to tell others about my work. It means the world to me.
Unfortunately, as I’ve been promoting my work, the time for creation of work has diminished. Illustrations like the one above are all I’ve had time to paint. Hopefully within the next week or so I’ll be able to make a serious painting.
Starlight Ballroom
October 23, 2011 at 6:57 pm (ink on paper)
Tags: art, artist, atmosphere, ballroom, beauty, cherrybuttons, club, cotton, dark, Dr. Sketchy's, drawing, dress, emo, event, fashion, fetish, goth, hair, industrial, ink, jeans, life, models, mohawk, paint, painting, paper, punk, quick, reflections, rock, scene, scribble, sex, show, sketch, sketchbook, starlight, trend, vamp, watercolor
Last night, I showed at the annual Reflections fashion event at the Starlight Ballroom in Philadelphia. Watching masses of people look at my work is a nerve wrackingly voyeuristic experience. Especially when the music is too loud to eavesdrop. To ease my mind, I painted.
Of In. Watercolor and ink on cotton paper. 6″ x 5.5″ (15.2cm x 14cm).
Unframed: $175.00
Many skilled, visual artists were showing with me. Please take moment to check out the work of Cherry Buttons, Mizz Mechanique, and Linda Guenste.
The main focus of the evening was fashion. The air was thick with beauty, music, sex, and clove cigarettes.
Not So Human Beings. Ink on paper. 6″ x 5.5″ (15.2cm x 14cm).
Unframed: $100.00
The Clockwork Queen
October 12, 2011 at 12:43 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, build, clockwork, color, corset, create, dmt, drawing, dress, elf, elves, eyes, feather, gears, hat, ink, jen, jennifer, line, machine, orange, paint, paper, profile, purple, queen, ruler, sketchbook, skirt, splotch, steampunk, tracy, watercolor
Just because I’ve never seen a machine elf, doesn’t mean I don’t believe.
Clockwork Queen. Watercolor and ink on paper. 7″ x 5.5″.
Shore View
August 12, 2011 at 12:17 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, asbury, avenue, brush, cafe, city, cotton, downtown, dress, ink, jen, jennifer, ocean, paint, painter, painting, paper, pen, shop, sidewalk, stonehenge, store, street, summer, tour, tracy, travel, watercolor
It pains me to admit that the summer is almost gone. Next week will be the last Evenings Along Asbury of 2011. It’s been a beautiful year for plein air painting. This week’s work:
Asbury Avenue. Watercolor and ink on paper. 6″ x 4.5″.
Unframed: $150.00
D’Arcy D’Lux
July 10, 2011 at 3:31 pm (Sketches)
Tags: art, artist, body, bra, burlesque, cafe, circus, color, d'arcy. d'lux, doctor, dr. sketchy, drawing, dress, drink, entertain, event, face, fun, gesture, ink, life, live, original, paper, pen, pencil, perform, Philadelphia, philly, quick, show, sketchy's, tourism, travel, watercolor, world
This month’s Dr. Sketchy’s Philly session was exceptionally fun. The model, D’Arcy D’Lux, really knew how to put on a show.
Store Down the Shore
July 7, 2011 at 1:21 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, asbury, ashmen, avenue, beach, beautiful, business, city, decoration, down, dress, fashion, front, heat, jen, jersey, new, ocean, orange, plein air, shop, shopping, shore, small, store, summer, town, travel. street, umbrella, vacation, watercoloer, windo
This watercolor painting of a Jersey shore store front won first place in the July 6th Ocean City Paint Out. Shop windows in vacation towns are always eye catching. Something about that orange dress demanded to be painted.
Down the Shore Store. Watercolor and Ink on paper. 7″ x 6″ (17.8 cm x 15.2 cm).
SOLD
Feel free to join me at next Wednesday’s Evenings Along Asbury plein air painting event.
Color Challenge, Orange and Blue
May 7, 2011 at 2:04 pm (portrait, watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, black, blue, chair, closed, dress, eyes, frame, hair, ink, leg, light, lines, lips, necklace, orange, paint, painter, painting, paper, portrait, self, sketchbook, spatter, table, wall, watercolor
This was my first week participating in a Color Combo Challenge. The colors were “tropical orange and blue.” Below is a watercolor self portrait created to meet the color requirements.
Tropical Orange and Blue. Watercolor and ink on paper. 6″ x 5″.
Unframed: $200.00
On another note, this is the last week to see my works over at Casciano Coffee Bar and Sweetery in Hammonton, New Jersey. Don’t miss it!
Portrait of a Wedding Dress
December 19, 2010 at 4:22 am (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, christmas, color, custom, dress, gift, gown, holiday, jen, life, line, paint, painter, painting, portrait, purple, reddit, sketch, splatter, wash, wedding, white
This painting of a wedding gown was commissioned by a fellow Redditor as a Christmas gift for his wife.
The completed piece:
White Dress. Watercolor and ink on paper. 8.5″ x 11″.
SOLD
Preliminary sketches:
Dr. Sketchy’s South Jersey
December 6, 2010 at 8:15 pm (ink on paper, portrait, Sketches, watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, attitude, burlesque, consortium, Dr. Sketchy's, drag, dress, figure, gesture, ink, life, Millville, model, new jersey, ottoman, paint, painter, paintings, pen, pose, queen, shoes, sketch, south, style, watercolor, wig
I used to be a regular at Dr. Sketchy’s Philadelphia. Since my 2009 move, I have been slacking in my duties as an art monkey. Yesterday, I attended my first Dr. Sketchy’s South Jersey. It was held at the Artist’s Consortium in Millville. Our model was the bold and beautiful Chi Chi Rodriguez. It was an honor to work with Chi Chi, as she will be competing in Atlantic City’s upcoming Miss’d America Pageant.
Five minute pose:
Ten minute pose:
Two twenty minute poses:
