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1 THE ARTFUL DESPERADO art + colour + creativity Home About Ask + Submit Features artful fridays Jenny Brown Search Receive artful inspiration in your mailbox Subscribe now! Enter your awesome address below. Yes! CURRENT COMMUNITY PROJECT Happy Friday amigos! Wow, this week went flying didn t it? Monday came and first thing you know, boom! You re already making Easter eggs. 1st stop: Vancouver! Today I have a little interview for you with collage artist Jenny Brown. I found Jenny s art while browsing through Mammoth and Company - a mega cool site where you can buy beautiful, Page 1 of 8

2 affordable art. The colour, details and jellyfish-like shapes in Jenny s work made my heart skip a beat hence, she s an Artful Friday-ee. Sit down, get comfy and enjoy the interview! T.A.D. Who is Jenny Brown? Jenny: I am an artist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. My primary mediums are drawing and collage, and I have a special interest in working with found materials. T.A.D. When did you start making art? Jenny: I began making art as a child. I loved drawing houses and creating my own blueprints and city maps. I got serious about my work when I was about 19 and a student at Bennington, and at the time was very focused on painting. Page 2 of 8

3 T.A.D. What or who influences your art? Jenny: I am influenced by nature in the sense that I feel like I am always trying to understand the natural world in my work. My lifelong hobby of collecting antiques brought me to my interest in found papers, photographs and books. I felt as I began to mature as an artist, I needed to find a way to bring these found materials into my work. As for artists, one of my earliest influences was the work of Philip Guston. Right now, I love looking at the work of Mary Delaney, a British artist who created an amazing series of botanical drawings in the 1700s. Page 3 of 8

4 T.A.D. What s on your current playlist? Jenny: the past weeks I ve been listening to The Black Keys, Radiohead s The Bends, Kate Bush and jazz works by Wes Montgomery. An odd collection, I know, but it keeps me going! Page 4 of 8

5 T.A.D. What do you do to recharge your creative batteries? Jenny: When I get frustrated with my work, I like to step away and do something completely different errands, clean, buckle down at my day job. And always, after a few hours away, I feel calmer. I remember how lucky I am to be able to make art, and that I need to remember it isn t something to stress about, but rather, something to have fun with and enjoy! Page 5 of 8

6 Great advice Jenny! I think sometimes all us get trapped in the stress ball of I HAVE to do [insert occupation/hobby here] and we forget about the fun part. Whether you re creating art as hobby or as a full-time job, you should always remember to enjoy it! If you don t, then creativity will say laters dude! Gonna get a new mind to inspire, and you don t want that right? Lucky for you it s the long weekend! So take some time for yourself pamper your soul. Promise? Jenny! Thanks so much for your time and sharing a little glimpse into your creative life. Happy weekend everyone :) Don t forget to give Jenny some LOVE by sending her a tweet or visiting her site. Even better, get some of her beautiful art over at Mammoth and Company. Share it with friends! 2 Like 24 Tweet 8 More Like this: Like 8 bloggers like this post. Page 6 of 8

7 Posted by The Artful Desperado on April 6, 2012 in Artful Fridays and tagged Art, artful fridays, Artists, Collage, collage artist, drawings, Interview, jenny brown, nature, providence rhode island. 2 Comments 2 Responses» Cari says: April 6, 2012 at 11:30 PM Love this. I really enjoying hearing about an artists process! Hope you have a wonderful Easter!! :) xo Reply The Artful Desperado says: April 7, 2012 at 3:05 AM Thank you Cari! You too happy Easter :) Reply Leave a Reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website Notify me of follow-up comments via . Notify me of new posts via . Post Comment! Previous Post Page 7 of 8

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