With the approach of America’s Birthday celebration, I wanted to highlight one of my Subscription Clients, JensArt. JensArt is Jennifer Vranes, who is best known for her large and vibrant paintings of aspen forests and rolling vineyards. Her trademarked technique using a palette knife to ‘sculpt’ in thick textures has become a favorite among collectors and Art Galleries worldwide. Over the course of 2020, Jen started offering online courses through Let’s Dabble Art, teaching her techniques to students online from all over the world.
With Jens Photography Subscription Plan, I photograph the majority of her artwork each week to capture these magnificent pieces in high-resolution files, both for making reprints and applying to products (I’ll post about those later and link back). I also take some detailed macro shots with my 105mm Nikon lens and boy are those fun to look at up close (I encourage you to click on any image to view supersize). I absolutely love that this particular technique of creating art called, Post Palette™, is a total “Reuse and Recycle” activity to create less waste. This is one of my most favorite pieces in Recycled Art!
What is the Post Palette™ Technique?
Jen has developed this intricate technique of reusing the paint skin scrapings of her palettes in a sustainable manner following the trendy, “reuse and recycle” term to create more unique works. Each one is literally a one-of-a-kind piece that has so much character and jumps off the canvas with the 3D elements. As I was taking the macro shots of areas on the canvas I enjoyed that the color blends involved other hues within the red, white and blue families. Click on the macro shots to view them much larger in your browser. See the little flecks of “gold” and pinks and many more swirls of color.
It’s a style of art I developed a few years ago that incorporates using the paint scraped from my palette and then reassembled back into a painting. It’s kind of like putting a puzzle together…but in this case, it’s with tiny bits of paint skins leftover from dozens of past paintings. It’s time-consuming, but a lot of fun. And the end result is something so unique and one-of-a-kind that my collectors just can’t get enough of them! ❤️ — @JensArt
