"Early Look"

My painting Blue Skies will be featured in "Early Look," an undergraduate art show curated by F. Lennox Campello. The show will hang in Long View Gallery in D.C. from June 7th to July 5th, with the opening reception on Saturday, June 7th, from 5-8PM.

More information about the show and sneak peaks of some of the work to be featured can be found on Mr. Campello's blog, Daily Campello Art News.

Long View Gallery
1302 9th ST NW
Washington, DC 20001
All week, 11 AM - 7 PM
202.232.4788

Another Oil Painting

18"x24"

Here's that oil painting I said I'd post. I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

(I know I keep saying I'll post more watercolors soon...
... and I will...
... soon. Summer's been really busy so far. But that's a good thing.)

In the meantime, I have some news for an upcoming post...

Finally, a Post!

So I've been utterly swamped with homework lately and haven't had much time for posting - but I finally have the time and a picture! Here's something I did for my oil painting class:


This one is 14"x11" and took about six hours. The first three hours were from life and the rest were done from a reference photo and memory.

I'll have more oils to post in the coming weeks, along with new watercolors. Right now I have two completed watercolors and one in progress that I haven't photographed yet, so I'll probably be posting those late this month or in May, as soon as I get some free time.

NSAL Traveling Show Reviewed at the DCist

Kelly Rand of the DCist recently reviewed the NSAL's Water Media on Paper Traveling Exhibit, which is currently residing in Nevin Kelly Gallery. An excerpt from the article reads:

"Top prize of $10,000 went to local watercolor artist Jenny Davis, a student at Saint Mary's College... Her winning entry, Portrait of Tess (pictured), is striking. It is a soft watercolor with subtle color shifts that makes her subject almost too perfect to be real."

You can find the whole article here.


Nevin Kelly Gallery Blog
National Society of Arts and Letters

NSAL Traveling Show Comes to DC

The National Society of Arts and Letters' Water Media on Paper Competition traveling show will be in Nevin Kelly Gallery from February 27th to March 23rd. The show features the work of the competition's finalists. The opening reception is Thursday, February 28th, 5:30-7:30PM. (See press release for details.)

Nevin Kelly Gallery
1517 U Street NW
Washington DC 20009

National Society of Arts and Letters

Aidan

Finally got around to photographing this one. :-)

Little Girl #3

I finished this one back in July but only just now got around to photographing it. I love this little one. It's just 3.25"x3.25".

Oh, and I updated with a better photo of Lily.

Little Girl #2

3.25"x3.25"

This is one of my favorites. I finished this one back in July, but I guess I forgot to post it here.

New Work

Well, I am back for a lovely three-day weekend and have had an amazing first week back at school - I actually had free time to draw and paint! I have lots of new stuff to post this weekend.

I was fortunate enough recently to attend a concert by the Artis-Quartett Wien. My friend and me got seats in the front row and were bowled over by the performance. I brought my sketchbook with me and drew the group while they played - I think I went through about 17 pages. It was an awesome experience and a huge challenge to try to capture the motions of the musicians. Afterwards we got to meet the quartet and get their autographs.


(From left to right, Peter Schuhmayer, 1st violin; Johannes Meissl, 2nd violin; Herbert Kefer, viola; and Othmar Müller, violoncello.)

Here are some of the better sketches from the night-

Aidan

About halfway done...

Aidan

Started this one this afternoon. It's about 11.25"x12".

Lily #1

11"x11.5"
Finished yesterday.
I also started a painting of her big brother today, so I'll post a picture of that as soon as I clean up for the day.

Lily

About 90% done... The dress just needs finishing.

Lily

11.5"x11"

I started this one a couple weeks ago. It's a little less than halfway done - I just need to finish the dress (which won't take long), add some more color and touch-ups to the face, finish the hair, and - obviously - finish that ear. I'll be out of school in a few days, so I ought to be able to finish this in the next 1-2 weeks.

Portrait of Janice

17"x19.5"

Finished this commission on Thanksgiving Day. It's one of my favorites.

Trading Spaces

My painting Katelynn will be featured in the Trading Spaces exhibition in Artspace this winter. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, Artspace is the nation's second largest open studio art center (the largest being The Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA). Trading Spaces is a two-part art center exchange between Artspace and the TFAC. Last year, Artspace artists submitted works for a juried show in the Torpedo Factory; this year, Torpedo Factory artists have entered a juried show at Artspace. Part two of Trading Spaces was juried by Artspace's Director of Programs and Exhibitions and three members of the Artspace Gallery Committee. The show will be held in Artspace's Gallery Two from November 30, 2007 to January 26, 2008.

This'll be a really fun show. My mom will be in it, too.

There's an opening reception Friday, December 4.

Artspace
201 East Davie Street
Raleigh, NC

(Sleeping) Figures

There's only so much coffee can do before you just conk out on the floor in your 9AM class. Actually, class hadn't started yet. And actually, he was on a carpeted wooden platform, not the floor. So there's only so much coffee can do before you conk out on a carpeted platform while waiting for your class to start at 9AM. :-)



You can tell it's exam time around here. Everyone's sleeping.
Still haven't had much (meaning any) time to paint lately... Hopefully I'll be able to get some work done this weekend.

A Quick Post...

Wow, so it's been more than a month since I've posted anything. Oops.

I haven't had the time to do much of anything lately, let alone update my sketchblog. I'm drowning in homework and my digital camera's decided it's time for it to break.

Anyway...

My current painting is a surprise, which is why I haven't posted any pictures of it yet. I'll probably have it done by the end of November, maybe earlier. I'll post a picture when it's done.

For now, here's a few sketches from class.

Portrait of Sophia

Finished this one on Saturday.

Also updated with a better picture of the Portrait of Clare.

Watercolor Magazine

I'm excited to announce that Watercolor Magazine will be featuring me in this year's fall issue. The new issue goes on sale September 18. Keep an eye out for me. :-)