Jenny Graham-Hougah
My work focuses on objects in space and how they interact with the living. In uncertain times, I find comfort in representing the world realistically. The polarized narratives that fuel debates leave tensions in rooms and houses. I paint interior scenes and still-lifes that hint at, or partially include, the people that inhabit them, and the interior lives they lead.
The social and political climate is unclear, but I will continue to channel stability through representing the world in realistic paintings during the residency. I work primarily from life, and for this residency, I will create various smaller alla prima oil paintings from life, and then use these paintings and sketches, along with photographs I’ve taken, to create larger paintings. Compositions are assembled through sketches and journaling in my studio. In the end, I would like to document the effect of people on places, in a small way the work I create will represent a unique time: the lead up to a tumultuous national election.
Header: Jenny Graham-Hougah, Detail of Two E's and Hot Wheels Land Rover
The social and political climate is unclear, but I will continue to channel stability through representing the world in realistic paintings during the residency. I work primarily from life, and for this residency, I will create various smaller alla prima oil paintings from life, and then use these paintings and sketches, along with photographs I’ve taken, to create larger paintings. Compositions are assembled through sketches and journaling in my studio. In the end, I would like to document the effect of people on places, in a small way the work I create will represent a unique time: the lead up to a tumultuous national election.
Header: Jenny Graham-Hougah, Detail of Two E's and Hot Wheels Land Rover
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