My studio space

So I’ve been in my new studio for a few weeks now.  After getting the heat problem under control…I gotta say,  I’ve been really productive!  Feeling really inspired to paint, paint, paint has been a great way to start things off right in LA.  I can get messy in here and it's nice to see my finished paintings starting to pile up. Here's a few pictures of my new space and work:

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And next month I’ll be opening my studio doors for the Inglewood Open Studios on November 14th and 15th, 2015.  If you’re in the LA area please do come by and say ‘HI’.

I’m a little nervous about opening up my doors…lots of people I don’t know in my personal space…but I’m doing it anyway.  Hopefully some good things will come out of it.

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If you’re interested in purchasing any of the paintings shown, just send me an email.

I'm moving to LA

SO, I'm moving to LA. My hubby got a great job offer there and as artist, I can work anywhere. So, we are heading south.  I've loved living in San Francisco and have made many good friends here, ALL of which are invited to come stay with us in LA (not all at once though).  SO warmer weather, a new studio, a new apartment and new art to be made...in Los Angeles.

I'll be cleaning out my studio here in SF in efforts to lighten my load for the move and not hold onto too much extra stuff.  SO if you follow me on these social media sights I will be posting items for sale in an unconventional 'art sale/yard sale' style, first come first serve.

Follow me here for the sales, giveaways and almost daily updates on instagram, weekly(ish) on Facebook:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenmeyerartpage

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenmeyerart

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Photo shoot with Oakland photographer Scott Murphy

 

I've had the lovely experience of working with Oakland photographer Scott Murphy!

I can not tell you enough how nice it is to work with a pro and have beautiful images as a result.

Usually I'm not too keen of my own photos and images of myself, so the fact that Scott can take an image of me and I love it is....

well...

magic.

So I'm sharing a few of my favorites here.

Downtown San Francisco

The yarn installation in the skylight SHELTER was installed by artist Eric Rieger 'Hottea'.

It somehow matches perfectly with my color palette and that was not planned.

You can see more of his beautiful and laborious installation work here and here.

A special thanks to Storefront which is where these pictures were taken and where my art is hanging on the walls until the end of April 2015.

If you are in the San Francisco area please stop by Storefront's headquarters to see the show.

49 Geary St Suite 530.

8:30-5:30 M-F

The building is full of beautiful galleries and amazing art.

Also a big thank you to my hubby, Tommy, for the extra assistance through out the day

and basically throughout my life ♥.

And here's a behind the scenes shot with photographer Scott Murphy hard at work.

San Francisco Art Walk

Just a quick post to let everyone know I'll be showing my work at 49 Geary St #530 (5th floor) in San Francisco for the month of April.

This Thursday is SF art walk and I will be there from 5:30-7:30.I will post pictures once everything is hung and pretty on the walls.

Wish me luck!

What's happening

Another New Years resolution for myself is to get out there.  I can be an introvert when it comes to showing my work in person and especially drawing live in person.  But I find that when I do these things anyway, despite the uncertainty and fear that comes along with exposing myself as an artist to the World, I end up having more fun in the end and wonder what I was so scared about in the first place.  It ends up giving me more esteem about my work and helps me understand on a deeper level how to clarify what I want in life.  SO I'm not allowing myself to recluse into my studio for too too long this year.  I'd like to do at least one event every month and stay active going to other artists openings and museum exhibits consistently throughout the year. So here's what's on the schedule so far:

January 23rd 2015 :

I will be drawing live at the Fame by Frame exhibit party at the Bay Meadows Welcome Center.  This should be a fun event!  An instagram photo exhibit and contest. There will be music, food, and Silvi the poet!

RSVP here.

January 24th 2015:

I have donated a lots of art and prints for the silent auction to raise funds at the 1st year Anniversary Gala fundraiser for The Humane League.

Gotta support the animals :-)

Get your tickets now and join in on the cause.

And there will be more to come, I will update everyone as things pop up.

Be sure to follow me for more frequent updates on your preferred social media site or on all of them:

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Photo resolution

I'm off to a productive new year! One of my first goals was to photograph paintings that I have finished that no one has seen yet (well besides a very few).

I worked on most of these paintings last year in my studio in Colorado and finished them off here in California.

Now that I have photographed them...they are also listed for sale.  If you click on the titles of the paintings you will see more pictures and how to purchase.

'Fog City'

'Abstract Squares'

'Repeat Circles'

'High Energy'

'Spirit Guides'

'Abstract Triangles'

'Two sisters'

 'Abstract Coffee'

Have a wonderful New Year!

CYBER MONDAY SALE 25%OFF

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm doing a rare sale...Today only for Cyber Monday (historically the biggest online shopping day of the year). I'm offering 25%off everything in my ETSY shop. Yes, even the big original paintings.  Just use code:CyberMonday2014 at checkout to received your discount.

Let me know if you have any questions about shipping :-)

Happy Shopping!

Pop-ups and Holiday Shows

Hello Everyone! Here's a picture from my first pop up at Rickshaw Bagworks in the San Francisco Dogpatch neighborhood this past Sunday.  I really enjoyed talking with everyone that came by, it's nice getting out of the studio and talking to people in person.  I even sold an original painting and some prints which made me feel pretty good about trying out the pop-up scene.  It is a big time investment and a lot of work lugging artwork around, I'll say that.  It helped having Tommy(my husband) to help and our dog Wasabi helped out too-just by being cute and letting everyone pet him.

Next up for me is the ETSY Indie Holiday Emporium Show in San Fransisco this November 29th-30th at Pier 35.  If you're in the San Francisco please come by and say 'hi'.  There will be over 200 vendors and lots of holiday shopping happening. I'm trying out this type of craft show to see if it's something I'd like to do more of in the future.  And to encourage people to come out in person I have been slaving away making prints on panels 4x4inch and 6x6 inch to sell at the show AND will have buy two get one free prints for sale AND new original pieces for sale. yay.  I'll be posting pictures on instagram during the event if you want to tune in form afar.

Hope everyone is having a nice time gearing up for the Holidays and enjoying the season change.  This is my first winter in California.  It's been raining for two days and that's the first sign of winter here. I've got my furry slippers and sweater on!

Feel free to email me if you have any holiday requests or questions about ordering art!  jen@jenmeyerart.com

Cheers!

Jen

The Rob Sheppard Collection

My big painting 'Love Call' recently sold to a collector in London.  I am so excited to be a part of this collection.  It is a collection of strictly vegan art, by vegan artists! Mr Sheppard plans to exhibit his collection and and offer vegan food to promote veganism. His growing collection has a wide range of styles and art from these wonderful artists:

• Dana Ellyn: www.danaellyn.com
• Michelle Waters: www.michellewatersart.com
• Heidi Huovinen: www.heidihuovinen.info
• Roland Straller: www.roland-straller.com
• Marco Ferra: www.marcoferra.de
• Hartmut Kiewert: en.hartmutkiewert.de
• Sue Coe: www.graphicwitness.org
• Jo Frederiks: www.jofrederiks.com
• Amy Guidry: www.amyguidry.com
• Karen Fiorito: karenfiorito.wix.com/buddhacat
• Amanda Moeckel: consideranimals.com also on Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/ConsiderAnimals

Find out more about his collection here, and on twitter and facebook .

Have a fabulous day!

I'm now offering 11x14 inch prints!

The day has come where I can now offer 11x14 inch prints! Yay!All of them, per usual, will be part of limited editions of 150.

I sign and number each print and ship it to you with love in a protective cello sleeve and a sturdy mailer.

Each piece is $45 USD.

They are available here on my ETSY page.

Here's a picture of an 11x14 inch print titled 'Time For A Haircut' in a lovely frame.

If you are interested in bulk ordering for your retail shop please send me an email- jen@jenmeyerart.com

Thanks!

Photoshoot!

 I had some fun yesterday doing a photo shoot of my new series of paintings.   Here's some of my favorite shots:

            Portrait of me taken by my lovely darling Tommy Pesavento.

Not bad for my first shoot.

:-)

Soon they will be for sale.

A weekend of fun.

Never a dull moment around here. Last weekend Tommy and I did some exploring around our new city.  After a yummy vegan meal at Source we explored some of the furniture show rooms in the design district. These places are SO inspiring.  Room and Board, BoConcept, and RocheBobois were a few we had time to see.

There is SO much great furniture design, art and innovation. I have 'furniture envy' now.

They even have cool designs for pet furniture! Like this table/cat bed.

I love how they displayed this art too.

We randomly came across the Adobe headquarters and snuck in the lobby for a photo op by this light up light show art piece! how cool is this?

 After rearranging the apartment, again (pictures to come)...we headed over to Oakland to see Lisa Congdon's opening show. Two weekends in a row I've got to see her. What a treat!

We took some sillly selfies and ooogled over her new paintings.I love the colors she used. They feel so light and airy :)

The one on the right is my fav, fav, favorite!

Of course while we were over there we went to our new favorite vegan friendly diner Saturn Cafe in Berkely.  It's a good thing we eat healthy during the week, or we'd be in trouble ;)

Breakfast on our balcony. Yes, that is our lovely view of the bay. And yes, that is why I want to work from home now :-)

Lucky duck Tommy won tickets to a Jazz show by the beach and we enjoyed some wine and live music on Mother's day.

And here's a cute pic of my dog, Wasabi, getting soaked in the stream by our apartment yesterday...yup. he gotta bath. I love documenting my life here on this blog. I'm going to be a bit more consistent- at least once a week...It will be nice to look back on in a few years :-)

move to California

I'm back!

Thought I'd share some pictures from our move from Colorado to California.

We had a HUGE truck come for our stuff...that's it in front of my old studio...

We drove two cars to CA, Tommy and Miss Kitty in one car and me and Wasabi in the other...here's a picture of him passed out in the back seat.

We stopped at the Salt Lake. Walked on it, danced on it, took lots of pictures on it...even licked it!  Yup, it tasted like salt.

It's pretty amazing.

Cool clouds

Wasabi had a road trip veggie burger.

Once we arrived at our new apartment we ended up waiting for over a week for the truck to arrive with our stuff.

So we painted and accent wall and did some exploring around the city.

The San Francisco bay area is really beautiful!

Found a cool and secluded hike to try out...from the top of this ridge you could see the ocean!  And it had lots of old war stuff and abandoned bunkers and radar stuff at the top too.

It's a bit colder that I had expected around here. I hardly ever wore a coat during the day in CO.  CA is like a wet, chilly cold.

Tried out the panoramic camera feature for this picture of the bunkers at the top of the ridge.

We wasted no time to become members of the Asian Art Museum which is currently showing an exhibit on the history of Yoga.

A forbidden picture of the inside...no pictures allowed-ooops.

I love Ganeshas and promptly send this pic to my friend Jess Swift- who does beautiful Ganesha paintings (which usually sell out the day she posts them for sale).

The flowers around here never cease to amaze me.  Look at this wildness growing on a tree!

The boxes are mostly unpacked in our apartment now and I'm still trying to find a place for everything.

I opted to work from home in order to get a nicer apartment...I'll post more pics when things look better around here.

If you have favorite places to visit in the Bay area please leave me a comment.

I'd love to hear!

Abstract painting

Lately I've been back to painting and I'm really liking this abstract painting.  I feel like it is finished and I've hung it up on my wall above my desk.  What do you think?

It has my most current favorite colors and lots of layering.  It seems to be multiple paintings in one.  It changes with the light through out the day.

 The gold shimmers in the morning and changes its sheen with the light, and the hot pink glows at sunset.

Funny how something that looks fairly simple at a glance can be much more complicated when you take a deeper look.

I like it.

Pictures from Nahcotta's Enormous Tiny Art Show #15

The pictures are in from opening night at Nahcotta! Thanks to photographer Michael Winters for these gorgeous shots of before and during of the opening celebration of the Enormous Tiny Art Show #15 in Portsmouth, NH.

I always wish I could be there and live in this space...

I just love seeing my work on these walls!

Isn't this space just gorgeous?

It looks so peaceful and the lighting is perfect.

   If I could hang art in my house this straight

Doesn't it look fresh and inviting?

Everyone's all bundled up a cold New England winter.

I can feel the excitement and energy in there just looking at this photo.

In my experience, visiting  Nahcotta either in person or online will always leave you feeling better that you did before.

The Enormous Tiny at Show #15 at Nahcotta

I've got nine pieces in the upcoming show:  The Enormous Tiny at Show #15  at Nahcotta in Portsmouth, NH.  Yay!  I love this gallery and I'm excited to show my work there along with some of my favorite artist: Laura Berger, Jennifer Davis, Susi Ghahremani, Jeremy Miranda, Dana Ray, and soooo many more.   If you are in the New England area, the opening reception will be on February 7th from 5-8pm. Check back in on their site as they will be uploading more pictures of the art as it comes in for the show!

Here's a picture of my pieces in the show:

If you are interested in purchasing a piece,  Nahcotta's website is very user friendly or feel free to call the gallery at 603-433-1705.

Hope you can make it in person or at least take a little time to enjoy some of the artwork online!

Brickwall Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago I did an impromptu photo shoot with Tommy and my sister's super fancy camera.  I've been working on getting the best images I can of my work, for printing and for showing work online. While these picture probably aren't magazine quality, I'm happy with how they came out.

I love using natural light and on this cloudy day when we shot these pictures, the light was perfect!

'The 4th'

 'Love Call'

'Out of Hibernation' (SOLD)

 'Untitled Zebra'  large print

'Untitled Zebra'

'Wild Horses'

Well, what do you think!?

Feel free to pass on any camera tips and tricks you've found that are helpful :)

My artwork showing at ORMAO

I was invited to hang my work at a beautiful dance studio in town called ORMAO.   I had several odds and mismatched pieces left over from other shows this past year. I thought since they were all from different series, they wouldn't match very well BUT to my surprise they all ended up looking pretty good together on the entryway walls.  Thanks to Laurens fantastic arrangement :)

  That's Lauren on the ladder, from the Modbo.

She's in charge of curating and arranging the artwork here.

 

A nice long entry way perfect for hanging art.

These owl feather drawings are inspired from an actual owl feather I found under a tree on a hike once. Tommy spotted an owl in the tree and I spotted the feather under at the base of the tree.  I love that feather because I know it came right from that cute owls body!

  Some pieces from my 'Speak Love' Series and little prints of some my more popular drawings.

'Scooters!'

These are a bit different from my normal style.  I have fun dabbling in other media from time to time.  For instance, these pieces are very three dimensional, mostly from using gel medium to build up layers.

  A picture of the inside of one of the dance rooms.

Jan, the owner, was telling me that she has the kids come out to the hallway and pick out their favorite art piece and then make up a dance about it.  How cute is that!?

I wish I would have stayed in dance through out the years.  The last time I was in ballet, I was 4 or 5 years old.  When it was recital night, I got scared and ran and sat on my mom's lap and watched my dance class do the routine from the side line.  So much for my dance career! LOL.

Anyone have any dance stories they wanna share?

If you are interested in purchasing a piece, please contact:

myself,  jen@jenmeyerart.com or Jan, ormao@msn.com/719-471-9759

Pictures from this weekends Open Studios

A huge thank you to everyone who came out in the super cold weather this weekend to the open studios and MODBO show!  The Vegan Society of Colorado Springs really made it a party with amazing homemade vegan cheeses, wine and great peeps!

Here's some pictures from the night:My cute hubby, Tommy, was tending bar.

A great quartet of street carolers surprised us with songs.  They joined right in seamlessly with my brother JJ.

   My brother JJ, who sang beautiful songs and carols all night.  I missed a lot of his songs being in my studio most of the night...I need my own personal concert now JJ ;-)

These hallways haven't been so busy since the early 1900's!

The homemade vegan cheese came out amazing!  The brie wrapped in filo was my faaaavorite! I must learn how to make this stuff!

    Big huge thanks to Tinya and all the peeps at the Vegan Society of Colorado Springs!

Some art in my studio.

The pieces that are still available will listed in my ETSY shop later this week.

After the open studios was over, went to the MODBO show...it was packed!  (This is a pic from pre-opening)

I'm so happy that this town has so much love for the arts and will come out to see and buy art on the coldest night of the year!

SO.much.fun.

Happy Holidays everyone!

2013 Holiday Coupon Code: Free Shipping!

Happy Holidays everyone! Please enjoy this Free Shipping coupon on EVERYTHING in my Etsy shop, valid now through midnight on Cyber Monday (12/3/13). (Click the coupon to head straight over to my shop.)

Hope everyone has a wonderful, long, holiday weekend!

Cheers,

Jen xo