My Life In Pictures

I have just completed a massive interview/profile for this fabulous new arty website, ArtisanIdea.com.

They asked me to go in depth about how my work has changed over the past 10 years. 

(The above collages are from 2003.)

It was a real trip going through all my work from the past ten years. You can see and read about my life in pictures by clicking "Retrospective" here.

They also made some nifty little Quicktime/slideshow thingys that show how I made a few of my paintings. You can read about my process and see the vidoes by clicking "Process" here.

We also did a big old interview and you can read that by clicking- you guessed it, "Interview", here.

There are loads of great artists on the site, including my fellow Minneapolis artist, ChuckU.

I can't wait to devour all of the interviews.

This was a really fun project- THANK YOU, ArtisanIdea!

Monsters On Bikes!

My painting, "Curious", is in a new exhibition, "Monsters On Bikes"opening tomorrow night (Sat 3/31/12) at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, IL. The art show is part of the museum's new exhibition, "Bikes! The Green Revolution."

Thanks to Yeti Friend for the exhibit photo. More coming soon!

Girl Crush Minneapolis! 6/23/12

UPDATE 4/17/12: Girl Crush Minneapolis is SOLD OUT! Can't wait! 
(There is a "waiting list" in case of cancellations > contact@jealouscurator.com)

The Jealous Curator is bringing her popular "Girl Crush" series to the SOO Visual Arts Center Minneapolis and I am thrilled and honored to be the guest artist. (!!!)

"Girl Crush" is:

You can read ALL about it here.

The workshops are being held in 8 cities (and counting) throughout the US:

...with more to come.

The first event at Lisa Congdon's San Francisco studio was sold out.

Check out a re-cap with photos here.

Minneapolis!

When: Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Where: The Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis, MN

The day in a nutshell:
An entire Saturday of creative fun with me, the Jealous Curator, SooVAC and 14 other art lovers
~ 9am tea & coffee & breakfast from Common Roots Cafe & chatting {kind of like a “pre-tea party” party!}
~ a talk by The Jealous Curator re: women/art/insecurities/inspirations
~ a talk with the host artist
~ everyone introduces themselves/share their issues {artist blocks, too many ideas but not executing any, etc}
~ break into groups and do 2 to 3 exercises to help with these issues {only require a fancy notebook & pencil, which will be provided.}
~ tea party lunch {catered by Chowgirls Killer Catering ~ sandwiches & salads, followed by lots of fancy little treats… and tea of course!}
~ an afternoon of making art {mixed media collage, so that you can do whatever you want. Supplies will be provided – inspiration coming from the morning exercises}
~ 6pm whoever wants to go out for dinner together can… but if everyone is pooped, we’ll just call it a day.
~ $175 includes everything, except the dinner that might happen, if we just don’t want the tea party to end!
AND
~ each guest will receive an amazing goodie bag featuring: The Walker Art Center Gift Shop, Urbanimal, Vandalia Street Press, The Peoples Jewelry, PaperDarts, Hang It, Soo VAC, art supplies for the project including a beautiful bamboo art panel from Plywerk, some prints from my Etsy shop...and a bunch of other surprises.
AND
~ I will raffle of a piece of original art to on of the 12 guests!

(Photo 1: SooVac's "Untitled 8" show. Photo 2: "Systematics")

Register here to join us for this day of fun!

Two New Prints

"UpsideDown" (12x16") and "Juggling" (11x14")

I have two brand new, limited edition prints in my Etsy shop!

These are giclee prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper.

- paper weight is 330 gsm

- includes one inch border for framing

- signed, titled, and numbered on front

"Absurdities Crept In" at GrayDuck Gallery

Cordelia, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

"Absurdities Crept In"  

New Work by Jennifer Davis, Mark S. Nelson and Terrence Payne

at GrayDuck Gallery in Austin, TX

RECEPTION Sat March 3, 2012, 7-9pm

Exhibition dates" March 3- April 1, 2012

Get Up & Go, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

Pet, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Big Baby, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Clowns, 13x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Hightail, 16x20", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Carousel, 13x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

Tricky, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Wings, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Girl, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

Garden, 12x16", acrylic/charcoal/graphite (SOLD)

Special preview event during Art Night Austin > Sat, Feb 25, 7-10pm, afterparty to follow.

A tour of Austin hotspots featuring fabulous art spaces, popular food spots, music, prizes and more...tickets $75.

Toffee Magazine

I did an interview with Toffee Magazine.
They made it looks so purrrrrty!

Read more at here.

Sneak Peek > Absurdities Crept In

The paintings are painted and framed, ready to be packed and shipped to Austin, TX for my upcoming show "Absurdities Crept In" at
GrayDuck Gallery with Terrence Payne and Mark Nelson.
Opening Sat March 3rd.

I'll post more details and all of the paintings here soon. For now you can check out the Facebook event page if you are so inclined.

Working Title

UPDATE! 1/11/12 Actually, lots of updates (photos) throughout this post.

UPDATE! 3/5/12 You can see all of the work from the show (and what is still available for purchase here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coexhibitions/sets/72157629439910315/with/6778164254/)

"Four weeks of evolving artworks created collaboratively between CO Exhibitions' parent companies Permanent Art & Design Group and Burlesque of North America along with a roster of hand-selected Twin Cities artists.

For the entire run of WORKING TITLE, dozens of pieces of art will be passed around, communally embellished, tinkered with, and re-worked in CO's Northeast Minneapolis gallery space, as well as in the artists’ own studios. Each week for four weeks, a new opening reception will occur, and each week the artwork will change--fluctuating not only in style, concept, and number of contributors, but also in price, scale, and media. Pieces sold at any given opening will not be worked on further, remaining on display as they were at the time of purchase. " 

Featuring:
Burlesque of North America
Permanent Art & Design Group
Michael Cina
Rudy Fig
Josh Journey-Heinz
Aaron Bickner
Jennifer Davis
Carly Schoen
Playatta
Sara Syverhus
Land Land
Special Guests TBA throughout the installation

Enormous Tiny Art Show 11

Shy, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

I made 8 new, tiny paintings for the 11th installment of
Enormous Tiny Art Show at Nahcotta in Portsmouth, NH.

Kitten, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

Pup, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel

Funny Bunny, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

Glasses, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

Head Over Heels, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

Hungry Head, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel (SOLD)

Water Flowers, 4x4", acrylic/charcoal/graphite on mounted panel

Maneki Neko

Get Lucky, acrylic/graphite on paper shooting target, 2012

I made this Maneki Neko target painting for the Get Lucky 2012
(gala and silent auction)
at SOO Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis.
Sat Jan 28th.

Tickets to the event available here.
Facebook event page here.

Bike Art Book

Some of my bicycle themed paintings are featured in this new book:

Bike Art * Bicycles In Art Around the World by Kiriakos Iosifidis.

 When I was approached about participating in this book early last year I had no idea how amazing and beautiful it was going to turn out. I just received my copy in the mail and it is FABULOUS beyond my wildest expectations.

You can buy it (and take another peek inside) at Amazon.com.
Thank you, Kiriakos! I am so lucky to be included in your book.

Pet Approved

Penn and Pumpkin approve of their pet portraits!

Well, actually Penn looks a little miffed and Pumpkin looks concerned. ;0)
Thank you, Tara and Amy, for sending me these photos!

Beautiful Decay

"Jennifer Davis is a painter based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota with, among other things, a great color palette, mixing muted hues with more vibrant pops of pink and yellow. Her paintings are delightfully quirky too. I mean, have you ever seen a skeleton wearing striped toe socks, or a purple goat sporting a multi-colored sweater? Well, you and I have now." - via Beautiful Decay

(See more here.)

Pony Anarchy Magazine

I did a little interview for Issue #2 of Pony Anarchy Magazine (from Melbourne, Australia.)

You can view the entire issue online here. 

Full of great stuff, stunningly beautiful.

Thank you, PA!

Free Shipping Day

FREE SHIPPING- today (12/16/11) only- in my Etsy Shop!
Use coupon code "FREESHIP" at check out.
http://www.JenniferDavis.Etsy.com

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Moco Loco

Today my paintings are featured at Moco Loco.

curtain, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

"Monsters and architecture appear to be new themes that flow through work by Minnesota artist Jennifer Davis. Some of the contrasts are bolder, some of the colours are brighter, but Davis continues to serve up her blend of whimsy. The usual suspects (girls, animals, patterns) share the canvas with houses (inside and out), the boogeyman (and pals), a Movember old soul and some colourful flora, to name but a few new offerings."

See more here.

Fresh Produce at Anno Domini in San Jose

I have a bunch of new paintings in the annual holiday sale and exhibition at Anno Domini gallery in San, Jose, CA.

fussy, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

Opening reception tonight! Fri Dec 2.

The show features 45 artists from 14 countries- and also includes my pals from Minneapolis, Broken Crow! They are AMAZING! Go see them here- you'll be glad you did. 

curtain, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

house #3, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

kitten, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

lady, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

house #2, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

litter, 8x9", acrylic/charcoal/graphite

Unsold works are available online here.