Last Apartment on Queen Street
The Covid induced housing crisis was the primary inspiration for this painting. As homeless encampments grew across Toronto the price of homes nearly doubled. This painting was created through exploration of this issue and how it weighed on my subconscious. Using gouashe, mica, and oil paints I created a dream-like, etherial background and then disrupted that serene image with black symbols and harsh lines to capture the reality of the middle class homeownership myth.
NON-CUBIST / ALL OTHER ABSTRACT STYLE | Paintings, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Drawings & Etc.
36 x 48 x 0.75
$560.00
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oil, gouache, mica
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Last Apartment on Queen Street
Bio
Jennie paints primarily in the abstract expressionist style. Using gestural brushstrokes, bold colors and fluid oil paints she creates artwork that is both spontaneous yet cohesive. Channeling the subconscious, her paintings capture hazy memories, impulses, and deep emotions.
For nearly two decades living in New York City Jennie was immersed in the art world. as a self taught artist she considers this a important beginning to her arts education. Additionally, Jennie holds a BA in international relations from Florida State University an MS in Education from Fordham University and an MA in Psychology from New York university.
Today she resides in Canada’s wine country where profound natural beauty blooms alongside the decline of a manufacturing region. This paradox strongly influences her. “It mirrors that same push and pull that reveals itself repeatedly in our lives and in my work- renewal and destruction.”
