new work

Here is some new work. i have been exploring photography and i must say i am loving it. It has caused quite a stir in my conception of myself as an artist. So much so that i may be changing my concentration in school from illustration to photography. Big news. More to come later.

All images copyright 2009 Jennifer A. Krause, All Rights Reserved.

"theresa in the bathroom" 35mm print, 8"x10"
(this print has some issues, will post better one later)

"theresa in the sun" 35mm print 8"x10"

"theresa as her small and vulnerable self" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"self portrait on the river" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"reflection in sewer cap" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"ray's hand" 35mm print, 8"x10"

pinhole image 8"x10"

"left and right" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"inappropriate self-portrait" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"buckets" 35mm print, 8"x10"

"alley" 35mm print, 8"x10"

untitled 35mm print, 8"x10" (taken with 1937 Argus-A)

photos

just finished 8x10 black and white prints from a weekend photo shoot. For once, i am really happy with them. i will post them as soon as i can get some scanning done. (?) Thurs?

sketchbook 2-4-09

small sketch while at work 2-4-09

sketchbook 1-25-09

ink, watercolor 5.5" x 8", unfinished?

x-mas present for my mom

Sacre Coeur, 8" x 10" pencil on bristol

in the works

Xmas present for my sister in the works:
(9"x12" on bristol in colored pencil)

unfinished

i've been working on this forever:And i started working on this a few months ago.Of course, nothing is finished. except photographs.




















Most everything is in a perpetual state of being unfinished. i have been so busy with school and unfortunately my 3D class this semester did not yield much... i have one sculpture that i want to improve, some wire maquettes, and a foam core sculpture that i am going to be remaking out of basswood. Not much. And i havent had much time for art making. Its kinda driving me insane. i am going to have to get on that asap. Hopefully next semester will be more friendly for art-making. Esp. since i have to submit work for the 1) student art show and 2) the scholarship show. i did get another full scholarship for the Spring semester though. Yay!
More soon i hope.

hawk

sketching at work 04-22-08

classwork: 2D, color collage translation of a masterwork

this is a color collage translation i did for my 2D class. Basically we were to translate a master painting into collage using color blocks, rather than specifically line. i chose an early Picasso, "Absinthe Drinker".
Here's the original:and here is my collage version:

this project was insane and made me completely crazy with all the tiny color bits. i kind of just stopped at some point, i knew i could have gone further but i couldnt look at it anymore and i had to turn it in....
One thing inspired by this project, though, was that i am really interested in finding as many "Absinthe Drinker" paintings from that era that i can.... so far i have located at least 10, from Picasso, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec (*oh lautrec how i love you*) etc. i may end up doing some sort of art project around it once i have done a bit of research.....

the premise

so finally i've got this thing up and running. the premise of this blog has always been to record my artwork, document what i am working on, etc.... so i don't know exactly why it has taken me so long. i am not going to put up every last thing i have done in the past, but i will just choose a random day (if i dont know the date i made something)and archive it under that year.
Here's where i started, around March 14th:


And here is the drawing as of today: