October 21, 2012 at 1:55 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, arts, asbury park, black, corpse bride, dark, dr. sketchy, edward, goldfire, halloween, ink, lily, macabe, nightmare before christmas, paper, pen, purple, sally, sammi, scissor, scissorhands, stitches, tim burton, watercolor, willie wonka
Dr. Sketchy’s Asbury Park hosted a Tim Burton themed event today. The amazing models were Luna Chase, Allison Goldfire, Sammi Macabre Macabe, and Lily Stitches.
Two Twenty Minute Poses:
Two Ten Minute Poses:
Five Minute Pose:
Bunch of Two Minute Poses:
August 26, 2012 at 6:57 pm (watercolor on paper)
Tags: anti art school, asbury park, burlesque, dr. sketchy, Dr. Sketchy's, halloween, horror, ink, jen tracy, life drawing, models, mummy, new jersey, NJ, paint, painting, paper, pen, scary, spooky, succubus, undead, vampire
Yesterday’s Dr. Sketchy‘s theme was classic horror. Here are some of my watercolor paintings from the session.
Dr. Frankenstein and her creation.
A colorful duo of succubi.
Vampire Queen.
Shhhhh, don’t wake the dead.
Too late.
Necromancer Steffie.
Lori channeling her inner Katrina Van Tassel.
A mummy.
Vampire.
October 10, 2011 at 4:55 am (watercolor on paper)
Tags: art, artist, beak, can't, costume, ear, face, hair, halloween, ink, line, mask, neck, no, nose, october, paint, painter, painting, paper, pen, pink, pretty, profile, salt, sleep, snoz, wash, woman, worries, worry, yellow
Sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I just lie in bed and worry about silly things that never seem to matter much in the morning. Other times, when I can’t sleep, I get out of bed and paint instead.
Midnight Issues. Watercolor, ink, salt, and worries on paper. 6″ x 5.5″.
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!
October 2, 2008 at 2:48 pm (art news)
Tags: art, artist, ashmen, celebration, collingswood, event, exhibition, friday, haddonfield, halloween, in the knick of time, jen, juried, life, markheim arts center, NJ, paint, painter, painting, party, reception, sale, saturday, sell, show, venue, visual
October 5th through October 31st I have a piece in the Markeim Art Center in Haddonfield’s annual juried show. The reception is October 10th, 6-9 pm.
On Saturday October 11th I will be participating in Collingswood, NJ’s monthly Second Saturday celebration of the arts. I will be set up in In the Knick of Time from 7-9 pm. I am the featured visual artist in thier Knick at Knight weekend event. Some of my pieces will stay on sale at the shop for the duration of the holiday season.
Stop by at one of these wonderful venues sometime this month.
