I'm in a Reflecting Mood - Part 2
12/26/2023 STUDIO SHOT A Small List and a Playlist Dearest Community, Amidst the flurry of holiday activities, I find myself sneaking in time to sort through my thoughts to try...
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MIND VACATION
I'm in a Reflecting Mood - Part 1
Edges and Reach Arounds-A, 2023, mixed media on canvas, 52 x 42" Today is my birthday. Have I mentioned my birthday and its placement in the year is something...
Did I manage to recenter? Did it all come together?
Jen in the new Work/Play Jacket in Celeste in Faded Black Did it happen? I started a new Mind Vacation newsletter back in early August. Here was the first line...
Going with gut wisdom
Around The Next Ant Hill, 2023, Mixed Media on Raw Canvas, 50 x 39" All aboard the intuition train Is alignment a moving train? If you step off, are you...
Girl, Cipralex!
Me in Conversation. Photo by Emma Morris Somewhere around the year 2000 ... I just felt so unhealthy, puffy and mentally drained from my first year of graduate school. So...
What's your best advice for getting centered?
On Monday 6/19 at 12 PT, I’ll reply to my favorite piece of advice in the comments section below & gift that person a $150 Jenny Pennywood shopping spree. Even...
SUSAN SONGTAG MADE ME TIME TRAVEL
Time heals all grad school wounds: Part 1 Me and my Sketchbook, 2001, large scale poloraid, 24 x 20" It all started with a simple article, one I didn't even...
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Process: A touch of restraint for navigating it all My current mantra is restraint, but meant in a liberating sense. Restraint as permission to simplify & maintain what I am...
The journey of up & down
Frozen in Motion, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 52 x 48 Process: what is a swan song? A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with my business advisor and...
Recognizing your Soul Color
The color lavender is the color of my soul Purple & its kin are important colors to me. It all started back in 2019 when I took a Reiki class...
Where did all the colors go?
I'm always chasing new colors, but I learned a little something about not chasing too closely Sometime around 2009, I went on strike & banned myself from painting with colors...
Balancing hormones
Dear friends, We received so many thoughtful & positive responses to the newest iteration of Mind Vacation last week. We're thrilled! Specifically, so many of you took time to write...
“Remember: you're annoying, too.”
Replace with Balance, 2023, mixed media on canvas, 60x54" Getting lost in the process One of my intentions for 2023 is to let Jenny Pennywood (the textile designer) & Jen...
A recipe for the holiday blues
Away from gift guides & towards gut feelings Our little Jenny Pennywood team spent some time brainstorming about how to best position the business for success during the holidays - “Oh,...
Daring Towards Unsquaring
Inherent Square-Less-Ness: A True Story I've been thinking a lot about the concept of squareness in relation to both Jenny Pennywood and as a painter. Every so often, I receive...
Conjuring your alter ego
How Jen met Jenny When I graduated from art school, I adopted the notion that a fine artist belonged to the gallery & the gallery alone. Then, many years later,...