from IT

to RT

FROM BITS TO BLOBS?

1985 .. 1990 .. 1995 .. 2005 .. 2015 .. 2010 .. 2020

milestones in my reJENeration

The process

“FLIPPING DNA”

out of IT and

into an ARTy SPACE

Welcome To

NOT IN ANY ORDER

jENNIFER, Jen Ryan, #jenniferpaints, JenMR

2020

The Year of COVID, the year of staying at home. That was fine. It was also a year to reconnect with my adventurous artistic self. Lots of Instagram posting (@jenniferpaints). Curating my works is not an art I have mastered. So a bit of everything (drafts, plans, canvas works, paper works, photographs…).

2015

Lots of local traveling and animal photographs. 2016 the year Boost Tutoring was scaled down. 2017 the year Granny Jen is Missing was published. All local photographs taken by me. Started to get serious about Abstract works. The image on the left was a major turning point.

major breakthrough

Art le Brut

2010

A passion for ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM via MOMA and Coursera. As a result, I can now say I have had a work displayed in MoMA New York. At the end of the course student’s were invited to submit one piece for inclusion in a digital display. Sadly, I couldn’t make it to NY for the opening night celebrations.

Saw a Rothko Exhibition. I was in big time.

Abstract art works seemed to just flow out of the brush, pencil, feather!, pastel after that. This work was created the day I returned from a 10 day hospital stint.

Acrylic

Acrobatic Dance

I accidentally moved into an Oil Pastel world. After my hospital stint, I fount Wet Canvas online and a group of friendly people in the Oil Pastel forum. They were very patient and I discovered how OPs actually worked.

Wet Canvas Oil Pastel Forum

Oil Pastel

Real Connections

As soon as I discovered the C64 that I really engaged with them. When IT got really exciting I was teaching a secondary school, and used XL as a graphic tool to explain pixels. I purchased a digital pen camera, with only ROM. That's how I got here.

C64 on Wikipedia

Digital

Past & Contemporary

I had avoided oil paint. Even though I had been gifted a full kit by a local stranger - Two Rocks Western Australia After struggling to enjoy acrylic painting I dug out the box and started to experiment. The shock of the enjoyment of the paint on the brush and how it moved across the page was enough.

Oil Paint

Lyrical Dance

Students Shout Out

“ I’m a total beginner dancer and I felt immediately like part of the dance family.”

Studio Rental

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Studio A

Studio Size: 42ft x 21ft

Amenities: Air Conditioning, Wi-Fi, Sound System, Dressing Room, Kitchen, Toilets

Studio B

Studio Size: 68ft x 37ft