Here is an excerpt from the first blog entry Jessica crafted on the blogspot site we started with.
“One day in my painting class in SDSU. I got an assignment that required me to look up a contemporary artist: Jenny Saville and to create a painting that incorporates some aspect of her art. I started work on “Face”. I really wanted to work large (like Jenny) so I bought 8 feet of canvases. I took over 200 photos of my room mate Megan until I got the perfect “face”. Then I began painting. It was an incredibly fun process, I took my time and experimented and ended up with a finished painting.”
Jessica with Face and awards at SDSU Art Gallery
The next semester I entered “Face” into the SDSU Student Art Award Ceremony 2009. For “Face” I won two awards. The Provost Purchase Award whom now hang my painting in the building Manchester on SDSU campus. Also I won a scholarship from Mission Federal ArtWalk 2009 which includes a free 10×10 booth at this years ArtWalk in downtown San Diego and a mentor to help me with ArtWalk and learning the business side of selling art with John Hiemstra.
