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Black Friday 2015 | Agape Antler Matryoshka Dolls | Anjeanette Illustration
So instead of rushing out to shop how about rushing out to scavenger hunt for free art?
Jeff Bertrand put out a call for 3,000 Free Art Friday drops this Black Friday!!!
Here are my contributions:
1. 20x20 Baby Metal digital art print which originally hang as a part of
Blackbird Tattoo and Art Gallery's Metal show I am the original artist of this piece, this is a print of my digital painting.
2. Two sets of a three part
Matryoshka series I am calling the
Agape Antler Dolls this is set 2/3 and 1/3. I will finish up 3/3 some time later....
I will drop them separately but these babies are SMALL and FRAGILE> need to sculpt the antlers next time I try this, drill holes for them and use different glue. Anyways, they are super cute, definitely tested my eyes and brush stroke techniques! That is a US quarter pictured with some of them for scale.
I will be dropping these around town, and the FIRST clues will be on my Instagram
PLEASE if found post on Instagram and Facebook with the hashtags #fafnash or # #famn
Happy Hunting! More about Free Art Friday and FAFNASH here.
UPDATE: The drops were successful 2/3- no idea if the print (left on the bushes in front of Fuji in Rivergate) was picked up? It was a full 24 hours before the rain bgan and clearly marked FREE ART so hopefully someone has it!!
Here is how the others looked with clues at drop off
Nashville Low Brow Mural | Flood Girl | Jeff Bertrand portrait by Anjeanette Photography
Jeff Bertrand is a Pop surrealism artist and barber native to Nashville TN
Follow Jeff Bertrand on Instagram!
Behind a recording studio a few blocks from both the Batman building and an active methadone clinic, prolific low brow artist Jeff Bertrand is painting again- which is no surprise. Really the moments Jeff isn't creating are a lot more rare. When he isn't painting he is artistically sculpting heads of hair as a master barber, or organizing art shows and the Free Art Movement Nashville drops around the city and beyond. Jeff and his wife Myka are fully immersed in Nashville art & pop culture, and I have loved being able to call them friends in my time in Tennessee. Jeff was a large part of most of the group shows I participated in- either because he conceived and curated them or our friend Joe Melanson recruited us and a rag tag team of no-gooder (and really kick ass) local low brow artists. One of the first times I started actively showing with Jeff and his gang was when he was part of the Art Flood relief show in 2010. I caught up with him downtown Nashville to check out his mural and say adios for now before my move to Phoenix, Az this month.
“Many people lost their lives and livelihoods and this is a dedication piece I created about the experience. She is a sad character but a survivor she had an umbrella to protect her from the rain above and a float to protect her from the flood below , the stars in her hair are stars in the sky”
Bertrand organized a benefit art show with friends...
after the Nashville Flood of 2010
So what the hell is Low Brow anyway? Outsider art, and medium...and basically as non oil paint on canvas hanging in museum as you can get- but that's changing more all the time if Nashville is ready or not.
“Lowbrow doesn’t fit in , like me it doesn’t fit the norm it sits in the shadows and exists in the areas of gray. It exists with no rules. It exists where you wouldn’t expect it to be a punk rock show an alley an antique store a museum on a dumpster. It’s a little folk a lot of outsider and a bunch of pop all in one.”
“I came up with the flood girl as a character extension to my art. It was my experience and the experiences of other I knew in Nashville during the great flood. I made this piece as a protection piece, a way to know everything will be ok.”
Anjeanette Illustration | Matryoshka | Nesting Doll Portraits | Phoeniz Az
You may have seen these beautiful little 'dolls' in grandparents attics or Greek Orthodox festivals- and they are regaining their popularity as intricate artisan objects. The first Russian Nesting doll was born in 1890 in the workshop "Children's Education" situated in Abramtsevo estate new Moscow, but the original of the figurines if Japan as you can read here .
Yolandi Matryoshka Doll by Anjeanette Illustration
Today there are many versions, from traditional to contemporary to extremely avante gaurde.
Heck, there is even a GAME?!?!? So cool!
I create mine to be whimsical portraits!
2015 Created for the Car Part Art show curated by Andee Rudloff at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Featuring car, muffler parts and lug nuts with the portraits of Corvette inventor Harley Earl, Designer Helen Emsley, and test car racer Betty Skelton.
Yul Brenner Matryoshka doll for the "Way Out Westworld" art exhibit curated and hosted by Joe Melanson in Nashville Tn
B sides Art show 2016 | Phoenix Artist Anjeanette Illustration | On Tour Alabama
Rare Bowie B sides Matryoshka nesting dolls, acrylic on wood by Anjeanette Illustration
I am honored to have work in the 2016 B Sides art show in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for a second year! The show opens next month just a little south (well a lot south) of Nashville. This year I am excited to be actually headed down for the opening- see your work and speaking with other artists 'in the live' is such a thrill. Especially for my kids (insert eye roll emojis here). Last year I had several piece in the show, which I included at the end of this post.
Lorde Digital Painting by Anjeanette Illustration
See the event page here Poster art by Tony Brock
Visit the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center page for more info!
About the Bowie B Sides Matryoshka Dolls:
Inspired by the theme of B sides, I looked up a list of David Bowie's rarest B Sides. Not surprisingly he had a whole lot of b sides! I picked 5 that were of personal significance or seemed most appropriate for this artist group show.
I then represented the covers of the b sides, or album covers the related to if no specific cover was given. The quarter pictured above is shown for scale.
An extensive list can be found here.
The Dolls are:
1. Bowies greatest hits, 4 1/2", Acrylic (Largest, Multi-coloured with portrait)
2. Alabama Song, 3", (grid pattern on Black, Acrylic (red on black)
3. Man In The Middle, 2 1/4", Acrylic (red on black)
4. Hang On To Yourself as the Arnold Corns, 1 1/2", Acrylic (Orange on Yellow)
5. The Wild-Eyed Boy From Freecloud, (B-side version) 3/4", Acrylic (Smallest, Blue)
Straight from Wiki: What are BSIDES?
The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78 and 45 rpm phonograph records, whether singles or extended plays (EPs). The A-side usually featured the recording that the artist, record producer, or the record company intended to receive the initial promotional effort and then receive radio airplay, hopefully, to become a "hit" record. The B-side (or "flip-side") is a secondary recording that has a history of its own: some artists, notably Elvis Presley, Little Richard, the Beatles, Chuck Berry, and Oasis, released B-sides that were considered as strong as the A-side and became hits in their own right. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits, usually unintentionally, with both the B-sides of their A-side releases. Others took the opposite track: producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side.
Music recordings have moved away from records onto other formats such as CDs and digital downloads, which do not have "sides", but the terms are still used to describe the type of content, with B-side sometimes standing for "bonus" track.[
Artwork included in the 2015 B Sides show
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BSIDE 2016
"The B Side” group exhibit will be hosted by The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center during May. The display, composed of works by 18 Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and Nashville artists, will open with a reception on May 6 from 5-8 p.m. during First Friday and will conclude on May 27, 2016. The band, Really Really Big Man, will be performing live during the opening reception.
The subject matter in this third annual B Side exhibit will be composed of artists' visual music-themed interpretations, covering all genres from country to rock and jazz. Tony Brock, B Side founder and organizer, asked each artist to produce art of their choice and style, interpreting songs, designing faux album covers, painting portraits of musicians or anything music-related. The title of the exhibit originated with the B Side, or flip side, of vinyl albums and 45s. At times this was an undiscovered gem, with little airplay but a good alternative to the more mainstream. The show provides an art alternative in the visual sense.
Artists whose works will be included in the exhibit are JenX, Tony Brock, Chris Davenport, Tony Bratina, Tony Tavis, Anjeanette Illustration, Shweta Gamble, Bruce D. Andrews, Jeff Bertrand, Tingler, Joe Rossomanno, Charles V. Bennett, Matt Daugherty, Kunkle, Kevin Ledgewood, Sharron Rudowski, Ruth O'Connor and Julie West.
Click names for links to the artists sites!
Tony Brock
Tony Brock is a visual artist who specializes in painting pop-culture themed images with a retro feel and has participated in several art shows and festivals in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. He was the recipient of a 2015 Druid Arts Award for Visual Artist of the Year. He resides in Tuscaloosa with his wife Tina, and their son, Matthew.
Tony Tavis
Anthony "Tony" Tavis is a self- taught artist who works from his home studio in Helena, AL. He has participated in over 40 festivals and exhibitions throughout the southeast. With his vibrant creations, Tony has declared a ruthless and unforgiving war on all that is monotonous and visually mundane. This artist works hard for his fans and is always cooking up something in his imagination to paint for you.
Kunkle
Kunkle is a self-taught, contemporary folk-pop artist with singular style. A native of Birmingham, Kunkle uses acrylic, paper, aerosol & house paint on salvaged or discarded materials with vibrant colors often dominating his palette transforming trash into unique works of art.
Tingler
Tingler is an artist living and working in Tennessee who is heavily influenced by outsider and kustom kulture art. His high energy art focuses on social discord and cartoon violence. From a young age Tingler had a fascination with cars. When he isn't working on actual cars, he's often making images of them, especially hot rods.
Matt Daugherty
Matt Daugherty received his BFA from The University of Alabama. He teaches drawing and color theory classes at the Tuscaloosa Magnet School. Daugherty resides in Tuscaloosa with his daughter Olivia.
Kevin Ledgewood
A native of Mississippi, Kevin Ledgewood resides in Northport and serves as the Publicist for The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. With a primary background in music/clarinet, the B-Side enables him to combine two of his favorite things, music and art. His primary media include watercolor and pen & ink.
Anjeanette Illustration
Anjeanette Illustration knew since about 5years old she wanted to be an artist. Primarily a portrait and mildly surreal artist, she has created everything from logos to oil landscapes to commercial illustrations and caricatures. At an amusement park. Sometimes in the rain. Her preferred mediums are charcoal, acrylic paints and digital paintings and photography. When she’s not awkwardly writing about herself in the third person, she is praying, painting, reading, and exploring the world with her husband and children and her trusty National Parks Passport.
Joe Rossomanno
Joe has been trapped in the technical side of graphic design, but once upon a time, he indulged in fits of illustration that went on for months, at one point owning his own small publishing business that produced three issues of the graphic magazine Apocrypha Now in 1995 . . . before having to earn a living. On occasion, he is unable to suppress his illustrative tendencies, and he creates images that hint of the supernatural in whatever medium is close at hand.
Jeff Bertrand
Jeff Bertrand is a nationally showcasing artist from Nashville, TN who is heavily influenced by graffiti and tattoo culture. His super colorful palette and fluid brush strokes create movement and depth and invokes emotions of the good and not so good that we all face in life. Bertrand is widely known for painting on found objects and untraditional canvases and can be found displaying in galleries and private collections all across the country.
Chris Davenport
Chris Davenport A compulsive doodler and art fiend, Chris Davenport is a Los Angeles resident but a southerner at heart. Her sculptures, drawings and paintings celebrate our quirky, mad world.
Shweta Vora Gamble
Shweta Gamble is a graphic designer with a love for paint and color. She enjoys painting the world in the odd and happy way she sees it and has the most fun when she is breaking conventional aesthetic rules.
Tony Bratina
Tony Bratina is an illustrator/graphic designer/fine artist/skateboard enthusiast with a passion for conceptual painting. He enjoys giving his subjects an edge and making the viewer dig deeper to uncover meaning.
Bruce Andrews
Bruce Andrews is currently the Executive Director of the Shelby County Arts Council, a non-profit arts organization in Central Alabama. Mr. Andrews is a singer songwriter and roots music enthusiast with the band 2BLU. As a visual artist, it would be fair to say that his love of music is reflected in his drawings and paintings. As Bruce would say: "I can only hope to capture a bit of the spirit of the music or musician in my work. I do consider my art representational and symbolic; that said, "realism" is not my goal...making art with soul is."
Sharron Rudowski
Sharron Rudowski is the Education Director and Gallery Coordinator at the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa. After retiring from a law enforcement career, she attended the University of Montevallo where she earned her BFA in Painting. Her favorite subjects to draw or paint are people, but she also enjoys pet and home portraits and the occasional composite drawing for law enforcement.
Ruth O’Connor
Ruth is a visual artist and art educator that lives and works in Tuscaloosa. Together with her husband, they run a downtown art studio where she teaches art classes to kids, young adults and adults, brings in visiting artist workshops and organizes special events. When she's not running around with their two children or keeping busy running the business, Ruth tries to get some "creative" time in the studio herself, sometimes to draw (charcoal being her favorite medium) but mostly to create new and exciting art lessons for her students. Personal website: www.ruthjatib.com Studio website: www.oconnorartstudios.com
Julie West
Julie West is an art director and graphic designer currently living in Birmingham, AL with her husband, kids, dogs, cats, fish and bunny. In her spare time Julie searches for reclaimed objects at thrift shop, junk stores and sometimes the side of the road, to assist in the creation of her art. She adds texture, movement and dimension by embracing an impasto style of painting, while also using a palette that includes copious amounts of color to create vibrant exciting pieces of art. Her art is not for the lover of beige.
JenX
A self-taught artist. Loves to paint and draw and make handmade crafts.
Really Really Big Man is a Tuscaloosa-based cover band focusing on mostly 90's rock and alternative music. With many years of performance experience between the individual members, they provide a fun, high-energy show. Upcoming show dates and booking information can be found on facebook.com/reallyreallybigmanal.
Work In Progress of Lorde Painting 2016 Anjeanette Illustration
TERRIBLE TWOS CURRATED BY JEFF BERTRAND AT 40AU | June 2016 | THE ART & TIMES OF ANJEANETTE ILLUSTRATION
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO MEGAN KELLEY OF STUDIOMNIVOROUS MADE!!!
DIRECTLY BELOW ARE PROGRESS WORK ON THE PAINTINGS
The acrylic piece was painted over four times .... I let some eyes from previous attempts to remain showing through....
pro tempore
I created one canvas in traditional oil and acrylic, the second in digital painting print for the purpose of showing my own personal tastes and artistic development. This artwork created on two canvas and one wall I consider only to have been complete at the time of the show while hanging in 2016. This work officially existed in final form on the walls momentarily of gallery 40au, which itself as a gallery no longer exists. At the end of the exhibit the walls were repainted white in preparation of the next months show. I like to play and explore themes of impermanence in all of my artwork, and this was a perfect example of a "sand castle art- meant to be enjoyed as a temporary moment, a memory that would not be there the next day"
Something that isn't permanent or lasts only a short time.
The canvas themselves of just the upper face portions of the work do still exist, in a partial completion or separate from the site specific intention.
OTHER ARTISTS IN TERRIBLE TWOS!
"Super excited for this group #exhibition by @artbyjeffbertrand, showcasing the #illustration #art talents of 22 #artists from around the #unitedstates, opening this weekend at #40augallery.
#40AU #gallery #fortyau #fortyaugallery #painting #nashville — with Chip Boles, David Pound, Jeff Bertrand, Anjeanette Illustration, Burn353, Charles V. Bennett and Drew Camino at Forty AU." -Megan Kelley
“Terrible 2’s, an art show curated by Jeff Bertrand will be held on June 4th from 6 to 9 pm at 40AU Gallery inside the historic Arcade building in downtown Nashville. This show will feature twenty-two of the best local and regional lowbrow and outsider artists. Bertrand, who is curating the show, wanted to challenge each artist to reflect on their childhood, to create paintings based on what they thought it meant to be an adult. Bertrand, who will be featured in the show, states that “when we were kids, we rushed to become so much older so quickly. Time seemed to take forever. Yet as adults, time seems to slip by us so quickly and it seems we wish we had that youth what we once had.” Each artist will create two paintings that will relate to two distinct themes. The first painting will show what each artist viewed their future as when they were children. The second will be looking back on how they view their youth as an adult. The artists featured in the show are as follows: Charles Bennett, Jeff Bertrand, Chip Boles, Tony Brock, Brooke E ,Burn 353, Ryan Case, Drew Camino, Abby Coppage, Erin Crissey, Jeremy Cross, Amy Elizabeth, Brandt Hardin, Dirk Hayes, Vince Herrera, Anjeanette Illustration, Elisheba Onedropink Israel , Megan Kelly, Jonny Lashley, Janet Lee, Anna McKeown, Michael “Old School” Mucker, Shaunna Peterson, David Pound, Joshua David Sarver, and Chad Spann -”
Official show poster by Brandt Hardin and Dirk Hays
Emporer Master Study | Phoenix Digital Painter | Anjeanette Illustration
How do I keep calm and collected a few days before a big event? Painting of course! Fast Forwarded this video of a quick 30 min master study I did this morning. Used only the Concept cookie chalk brush. No tracing- drawn from 'scratch' on my super awesome favorite and old model Wacom Inuos 3 Graphic tablet. I recently tried out a 13" Cintiq for a year...and did not like it. The tablet itself felt great, stand was weird for me, but the issue was the size. My nearsightedness is less than ideal, I would need the 18"x24" version of that to be able to see as I prefer to see the whole work at once (if I zoom in a lot on areas I loose sight of the whole and it gets ugly fast y'all). Drawing while looking up vs looking down has become pretty second nature to me from all those years of life drawing- we were once trained to look more at the subject than our drawing. Everyone has a way that works for them, not necessarily wrong ways, but I had a hard time looking down at the drawing. Obviously I look right at Maytryoshka's and physical acrylic paintings as I make them, right? Yet something about pencil charcoals, drawings from life, and digital paintings is that I am more comfortable looking up, and at a reference than down at my work down...mental shrug! Speaking of drawing from life- there are several options in Nashville to do so! I like Channel to Channels Nashville Figure drawing sessions. Drink n' Draw is a weekly figure model social dedicated to providing a weekly space for artists to exercise their skills with the gold standard of drawing. Drinking is optional, but the models are trained art models, the lighting is simple and perfect, and the artists are friendly and relaxed. Except that one guy. No, just kidding! everyone has a great calm vibe, and some wonderful artists to be inspired by every week! I do not make it as often as I wish I could, however I learn so much and improve everytime I do. A few of my life drawing studies can be seen at the bottom of that link.
Follow Friday | Art Hero Tara McPherson visits Nashville!
Ok so technically I am a few days late for Follow Friday, I got a really good reason though, I was waiting for Saturday. Yesterday I got the amazing blessing to meet real life in person the fantastic Tara McPherson!!
I heard about her Cotton Candy Machine Pop Up shop from Jeff Bertrand, who heard about it from Abby Coppage- and we all pretty seriously geeky out. Gushing even :)
I arrived about 30 mins way early to Fond Object on MacGavock in Nashville because I was so excited. It was pretty funny for my daughter who just smiled and shook her head at me while we browsed and I shifted nervously from foot to foot. Hey, you just don't go to college and a major portion of your life following this fantastic artist and drooling over all their creations without getting excited to meet them 'in the live'. After the shop was set up inside the funky vintage and record store, the first few folks who had arrived crowded around Tara and were gifted these amazing little prints of "The Water Nebula"!
The first fans got this epic little The Water Nebula print! Its on a thick watercolour paper, beautifully rich, very sweet.
Tara was great, down to earth and kind. It struck me how odd it must be to be famous- I did well not to gush or say anything too weird but my introverted self thought of how odd it would be if the tables were turned. I would probably want a screen that I stuck my hand out of to sign work and would be completely overwhelmed to pose for photos with strangers! To us, she is no stranger of course as we have watched her artwork skyrocket- how bizarrely weird and neat must it be to have all these folks asking for photos and signatures?
Tara personalized it for me - Check out her store for your own copy here
I got up the courage to give her the tiny Matryoshka doll I made for her that morning and bought an incredible giclee of the "Sword Swallower" . This print is so beautiful in person, rich and matte with her signature colours- no photo can do it justice. It makes me really think about how to frame it because I def want to protect it- but I hate to cover any of the texture with shiny glass! As well I got a 8'x8' of "The Day's Eye - Lily", one of these fantastic eyeball flowers she makes.
It was very hard to choose between her eye flowers! The Day's Eye - Lily by Tara McPherson
SO yeah, normally cool, calm, collected me (snort) geeked out! I hope Tara enjoyed Nashville and comes to visit again!!
There are a few more places and stops on The Cotton Candy Machine tour! Check out the info here on the shop blog!
And if for some strange reason your not already following her, fix that nonsense right away!
www.TaraMcpherson.com
Tara's site contains mature content. All artwork © Tara McPherson 2002-2016.
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I've got friends in Westworld places | Nashville Low Brow art at Turnip Green | Phoenix Artist Anjeanette Illustration
One night only special event of Western/Android themed art!!
The cast of artists...click names to connect
Abby Coppage
Anjeanette Illustration
Brandt Hardin
Chad Spann
Charles V. Bennett
Grant Cooley
Jeff Bertrand
Drew Camino
Joshua David Sarver
Once again Joe Melanson brought together a rag tag posse of outsider low brow artists for an amazing event! Food artist Amy Elizabeth classied the joint up with Chipotle BBQ mini sausages, Smoked ham bites with apple, Mini biscuits, & Hot Pepper Iced mini corn muffins along with piles of Valentines sweets.
The artists from LtoR: Chad Spann, Charles V. Bennett, Anjeanette Illustration, Joshua David Sarver, Jeff Bertrand, Curator Joe Melenson, Brandt Hardin. Not pictured: Grant Cooley & Abby Coppage (only because my bedtime was a lot earlier than hers)
More photos and event info is on Brandt Hardins DREG studios blog!
Nashville art show FAMN Art Show | Anjeanette Illustration | Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Excited my work will be a part of an excited Free Art Movement group show this week!
Here is the press release info
"Please join us in the Green Gallery Thursday, December 17, for a very special exhibit featuring friends of the Free Art Movement Nashville (FAMN). FAMN is a group that is committed to sharing art in Nashville. Artists in this group make art for anyone that is willing to seek it out. This show honors their dedication to making Nashville and art-filled city. The art featured was created with reuse in mind, and is reasonably priced, most below $100. Each piece supports the local artist that created it and Turnip Green Creative Reuse. Local educator and musician, Ryan Mullenix, will be providing music for us.
We will have a full artist marketplace, a make it and take it project, membership sign-ups, and as always, food, drink and great friends will be in the house. Our friends at Platetone Printmaking, Paper and Book Arts will host a fun art making open studio."
Whats FAMN? I have talked about it a lot beforehere and on my Instagram
Check out the other posts and the
FAMN Facebook page for more info.
I grabbed a bunch of stuff to create on at TGR- and was seriously overwhelmed with options. I felt like touching everything in the various bins and boxes. TGR is basically a magical thrift shop art store of tools and possibilities! I learned something about myself, which I pretty much do every time I create- but this time I learned about incorporating levels, made goals about how much more practice with different mediums and shapes I needed, and realized how much I loathe painting on ceramic. Love wood, sticking to that from now on!
Disconnection
2015, ceramic & glass tiles, acrylic paint, on wood.
This piece is significant for me as it represents dependence on devices, and my disconnection from self, environment, and spirituality. What makes us always available and connected to each other results in rooms of silent people communicating only with their thumbs. Being active on social media and hyper aware of each others lives also allows people to trance out from reality. Service or battery disruption leads to a person disconnecting from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. Its personal-the screen goes blank and the connection to life seems ‘unreal’ and is lost.
As always influenced by traditional Iconography style and colours.
Cut Out & Keep Sidekick
Super excited to announce that I reviewed a Nashville Icon as a Cut Out & Keep Sidekick!
I attended, photographed and reviewed an awesome workshop at Platetone in Nashville Tennesse to feature in the premier craft & art site based in the UK! So yeah I got to go play and now I get to tell you about all about it!
Thank you so much to Cat if Cut Out & Keep for sending me, Platetone for hosting, and Abigail Felber for sharing her amazing artwork, books and techniques! Her egg and rooster books are beautiful and meaningful- and as charming as she is.
Click below for more boos, prints, and creations by visual dynamo:
Smart Plates: A surface on which to draw and print from, similar to a lithographic stone.
The surface is smooth and transparent which makes it easy to trace.
An image can be made on the computer and then printed on the smart plate using a laser printer.
Smart Plates can be purchased at Takach Press website. Packages run close to $20-50 depending on size and how many.
https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/smart-plate-printing
Synesthesia Literary Journal | Phoenix Artist Anjeanette Illustration
What is Synesthesia ? Get ready to go down a fascinating and amazing rabbit hole! Here is a good site to start you out: LiveScience
Free Art Movement Nashville (FAFNSH) | Anjeanette Illustration
Looking for a scavenger hunt this summer that could land you with some Free Art? A fun Geocache style game between Nashville area artists has become a huge contest around the city!
art drop by Jeff Bertrand
Brooke E of Unfriendly Things . We talked about how much we value our creative friends work, and how are nearly starving artists ourselves we cannot afford to purchase their work for what its value is- but how we (and read ME- Jeff is awesome at this) should be less shy and reserved about trading with our artist friends. This came up as we celebrated the amazing life of Brooke E who is battling breast cancer - life is so fleeting. We expressed how we wished we had some of her amazing work. I was always too introverted to ask an art hero to trade - and I deeply regret not approaching Brooke before.
Jim Elstons work near the Centennial Park Parthanon
FAFNSH Facebook page
"Free Art Movement Nashville is a group about sharing your art with the city. Ive been doing art drops now for years going to other cities outside of Nashville and placing small works around the different cities i visit.I leave it for others to find leaving clues and creating a hunt for art. Guess what people find the work too. When I recently visited ATL they were really involved in this. ATL has a huge volume of both hunters and droppers both loving the act of giving and loving the hunt of finding your favorite artists work." Jeff says on the Facebook page "This movement is all about building a collective of like minded artists and creatives and enthusiasts.This is more importantly about having fun and creating a fun art community and a fan base."
Scott Tripp of Latex Soup and Life of the Party
Artist Scott Tripp said "I'm a professional artist. I make my living and support my family solely with my artwork and performance. This afternoon I'm setting up a booth at a market where I will be selling several hundred dollars worth of my artwork. But the part I'm most excited about is this small drawing/painting that I created specifically to hide in the rubble somewhere in hopes that someone would find it and take it home for free. The illogical logic of this group is wondrous and amazing. I've only been a member for three weeks or so, but I've already gained a lot from this group. It's part scavenger hunt and part geocaching. every Friday the city is turned into a big piñata, and we all have treasure maps and cryptic clues to guide us to our prizes."
Above collector and artist Kirin Haller of Hong Meow collective searched out and discovered more of Jeff Bertrands art
Free Art Friday gift from Niki Adams
Here is the note with work Niki Adams left for art finders. She agrees with Scott, adding "For me this movement symbolizes the breaking of the normal paths to people receiving or viewing art in the community. Personally, it affected me by hearing the story of how and why the art was acquired. That's where social media plays a huge role.
Even without learning of how the piece was found, you know that you played a small part in someone's day, hopefully for the better. And to me that's what art is."
Art drop by Abby Coppage of Follicle and Feather
Joseph Jauregui invited you to scale walls for his artwork
While the art is a giving back to the other artists in the group, it is also very likely that anyone could find it. The Geocache and Harry Potter terms for anyone not in the know about a find is Muggles, and it is loose protocol to not include anyone in in the hopes that finds remain secret and undisturbed or removed. This group however embraces the general community at large, and invites them to participate if they find artwork by taking photos of themselves with and making a home for the art, and sharing their finds on social media using the hashtags #Faf #FafNsh among others. The artists then get to connect and interact with recipients via social media posts.
Some artists leave elaborate clues or locations, others snap a quick photo of a well known spot- and a flurry of activity begins as artists track down the artwork rat race style. Several drops have had people competing to make it in time, only to arrive seconds later than another- but always with a lighthearted attitude.
I have made a few drops myself, I am pretty sure that my first drop is living in a cart at an underpass. A presumably homeless person was closely watching me place my first drop at Cumberland Park in Nashville so I am happy and hopeful my work found a home where it is appreciated! However, I really hope to hear back when folks find artwork. Ultimately, for me they are gifts to God and community from me. Because while I certainly feel like my work is valuable and I do not work for 'free', these are just small gifts back, especially to my artist friends. I am looking forward to a summer of searching and collecting and appreciating the vast and amazing talent offered by Nashville, Tn visual artists!
My first contributions! One was found by filmmaker Paul Cain
Clues from artist Joe Melanson
*There are 2 ways you can be involved in #FAFNSH Free Art Movement!!!*
1. You can be the art maker/ art dropper you make art with your hashtag #FAMN (freeartmovementnashville)and leave it with clues around the city.
Leaving a hashtag like# FAMN or #FAF (which stands for free art friday) #freeartNashville this is a way hunters can find your clues and look for the work.
2. You can be the art seeker or hunter and watch for clues and find the works ( you are also the art talker the one who shares their cool adventure with friends.
Brooke E | Unfriendly Things | Solo Show "Random Monsters"
Brooke hanging art at the Remasters of the Universe group show she curated with Jeff Bertrand.
No words from me, just Brooke..
Almost every art show I photo boothed meant I got to see Brooke, Julian, and a Zappa tee!
"For the last decade, since first moving to Nashville, 33-year old artist and illustrator Brooke E. has been a part of the local Pop-Surrealist and Lowbrow scene. Since November of 2013 she has bravely been fighting Stage 4 breast cancer. Treatments were going well, until one day they weren't. That said, rather than prematurely mourn her, please join us in celebrating Brooke's Art Life with her at her first solo show. Featuring selected works spanning her career, live music, and first, second, and third prize awards for best costumes, as well as Pinatas and food, this should prove to be an amazing carnival of fun to celebrate Brooke's life and art. Lastly, her only rule is "No Tears!."
Brophisticate Interview | Spun CounterGuy | Anjeanette Illustration
So delighted to be interviewed by Spun Counterguy Tim for Brophisticate! Check out the article here:
http://brophisticate.com/the-awesome-art-of-anjeanette/
Thank you Tim for the interview and slideshow featuring your mix!
And here are some older digital paintings-did you know I am an illustrator as well? Oh, yeah, I mentioned a few hundred times already!
Joan D'Arc by Phoenix artists Anjeanette Illustration, Digital Painting
CultureSmash Pocast Interview | Anjeanette Illustration | 2008
How funny- Google just reminded me of the interview I did with Stephen Lackey for Culture Smash back in 2008 talking about Anjeanette Illustration, artwork, geekology, etc :)
I especially love the part where I realize nobody can see that I talk with my hands....and there went the best part of my limited speaking abilities!
http://culturesmash.tv/2008/10/18/episode-20-ayjey-illustration-interview/
