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| featured artist JENNIFER MORGAN by June Mattingly // regularmain.com |
| “Big Cat,” 2009, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 x 1.5 inches |
| Her Artist Statement talks to the “artist” inside all of us. all of us i have an addiction. to express myself, transfer my feelings, to communicate. it pulls me, when the color seeps out of my days, it pushes me towards the freedom i seek. it is based on perspective, experiences, and the people i meet in this journey called life. it is an extension of me. |
| "Catch 22,'"acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 x 1.5 inches |
| Instantly one becomes enchanted by Jennifer Morgan’s “We’re All Pink” series of narrative, nature-driven innate, personal portraits of whimsical, Safari animals superimposed on swimming backgrounds of layers and layers of animated texture, bold and brave color and ornamental patterns. Zebras sprint across smears of red paint, a usually tree hugging leopard poses on the ground for the camera, a moose is paired with cherry blossoms, and a proud caribou struts with a pair of birds of prey socializing upon his regal antlers. |
| Buck in Bloom - 36 x 24 in - Acrylic and latex on canvas |
| On purpose, these imaginative, almost realistic symbols become empowered to address a serious issue: the unification of the animal kingdom and humankind. Connectedness is what resonates through these emotional and energetic canvases. The female influence is still present, but the images become even more empowered by their animalistic themes. We imagine it's that gentle, almost maternal cradle of the paintbrush that moves through the eyes of her subjects and wraps itself around the viewer. Morgan, who for seven years has followed her passion for creating art full-time, graduated from the University of North Texas. She implemented her first solo show in 2001 at the Quadrangle. Her work has also been featured at Neiman Marcus, The Belmont Hotel, The Ashton and Design Within Reach. Bering & James, who represents Morgan and contemporaries of hers, is located in the Rhode Place Warehouse District, west of downtown Houston, close to River Oaks. |
| Bering & James 805 Rhode Place Suite 500.Houston, TX 77019 713.524.0101 www.beringandjames.com |
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