JENNIFER SMALL
My art, initially abstract in appearance, records a journey of a day in the life—a practice that starts with documentation through the lens of a camera. My eyes act as a viewfinder narrowing down the panoramic into single frames. Compiled snapshots represent blocks of time during my process of seeing and recording aesthetic significance in ordinary routine. I see curious formal elements in common things waiting to be manipulated and transformed into abstract compositions. I collage together the single framed images, simplify and render them in paint to create the lines, shapes, and hues that fill the canvas. Abstracted layers build shallow spaces that depict my translation of the everyday. My work shows my analysis of time and space interpreted by looking through a lens at my immediate environment.
-
Lunch Break 2
add to drawer
-
Lunch Break 1
add to drawer
-
Morning on the Patio 2
add to drawer
-
Morning on the Patio 3
add to drawer
-
Museum Visit Via Transit
add to drawer
-
Reverse Commute 2
add to drawer
-
Inbound Platform to Interior Shadows
add to drawer
-
Stairs to the Drying Rack
add to drawer
I am a maker. By day I make visual designs on screen and by night I make abstract paintings on canvas. I received my BFA in Painting and BS in Art Education in 2005 from Millersville University and MFA in Painting in 2012 from Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2016, while living in Chicago, I made the transition from teaching to graphic design. My work has been exhibited in Washington, DC, New York, Richmond, Savannah, and Chicago as well as in New American Paintings and Studio Visit magazines. In 2019, I relocated to the Philadelphia area to continue my career as a painter and designer.