Winter Wonders

A big thanks to everyone that made it out to the FPAC fall open studios.
It was great to see all the old faces (and some new ones).
It is always nice to meet other artists and catch-up.
Below are some images from open studios, if you were not able to make it.
 

This year I will be showing my work at the
RISD HOLIDAY SALE – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2014

I usually do not do any sales around the holidays. I have been using the time to catch up on illustration commissions and take a little break between work and classes. This year Nicole of Honeydew Studio asked me to split a table with her and I figured I could not pass-up the opportunity.

Hopefully I will have some more Life Science wordless card games printed out by then as well as some new business cards and prints.

Made in Fort Point Store

If you live in or are visiting Boston Mass. and have not checked out the Fort Point area, it is definetly worth a visit. The area has changed so much in the past few years. The rent hikes and the development have pushed a lot of the artists out of the neighborhood. There are a lot more restaurants and start-ups in the area now. My favorite new-ish eateries include Flour, Bees-Knees, Tavern Road and Drink.

The artists that are in the neighborhood continue to make Fort Point their own with awesome public art, open studios and the Made in Fort Point store.

The store just recently moved. It is now in a more central location, but just a little hidden. If you are in the area be sure to check it out.

The store sells an array of my prints, and stickers as well as some amazing works by other Fort Point artists. This is a great place to shop for the holidays and support your local crafts-artist.

Above are some of my Krampus Christmas cards.

Spring to Summer

Classes are out for the Summer!

Time to start some more projects.

I have just added some more work to my Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/jenniferlewisart?ref=seller_info
and, I will add more work soon.

My work is also featured in the May/June issue of Artscope, along with some of the glorious ladies of the Paint Pens in Purses collective, (founded by Shayna Yasuhara) ( Allison Bamcat, Veronica Fish, and Elizabeth Siegel) If you are in the New England area, pick up a copy for your collection.

-Keep in touch
-Jen

Paint Pens in Purses

I've just been featured on the Paint Pens in Purses Tumblr:
http://paintpensinpurses.tumblr.com/

Paint Pens in Purses is a female artist collective that started in Boston.
It was founded by Shayna Yasuhara and includes some of Boston's best pop lowbrow and illustration artists including Tofusquirrel, Allison Bamcat, Veronic Fish and many more. Recently The group has now grown to span Boston, New York and San Francisco.

Free Stickers

"Like" my Facebook page and I will randomly select 5 people to send free stickers to.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennifer-Lewis/33441190820?ref=hl

So, I've been frequenting Kickstarter more and more recently, and it is starting to become highly addictive. One of my favorite pastimes is looking at art and comics and trying to support underrepresented artists by collecting my small change and purchasing little things that they are selling, sometimes I can afford an original piece.

Well, Kickstarter gives you a chance to support a project that is not completed yet, still in production, think of it as investors in a company, sort of.

Often, an creator (usually someone with some experience on the subject) will pitch an idea and ask for a specific amount of monetary support within a certain # of days. In return the creator will offer various different incentives (available only through kickstarter) such as inclusion of your portrait in the comic they are drawing, credit, creative input, a thank you or original art work (some people come up with really inventive things).
If the kickstarter is funded and succeeds your rewards often increase in value and you get the satifaction of helping launch a project at the ground level, sort of like a producer.
If the Kickstarter dose not reach its goal in the allotted time the project will not go into production, you will not get your incentives and your card will not be charged.
So there is a little bit of a gamble involved as well.

In the last few days I think I have backed about four projects, it is so much fun. If the project goes into production the artist will also, sometimes, continue to update you on their progress.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/breadpig/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-adventure
This has been my favorite kickstarter to follow so far... maybe it has made my e-mail in-box overflow, but it is worth it.

Inspired by my Kickstarter heroes I have decided to launch a project of my own. I was thinking about kickstarting my comic I've been working on, but I decided to launch something a little more reasonable to begin with. This way I can see how things work and iron out the kinks.

I'm really excited about this!

Here is the project:

 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2101475072/jennifer-lewis-illustration-limited-edition-frog-r

I'm asking for $350 to print 20-500 limited edition prints of my "Robot" painting.
This is one of my favorite paintings and I sold the original fairly quickly. I would like to revive this little guy by getting some really nice prints made.
I set my goal fairly low, uncertain if  raise enough, (the cost of about 30 prints) so if we can go beyond the $350 that would be awesome! I have set additional wicked cool reward levels if I exceed the base amount and I will unlock them as we reach different tier levels.
On my Kickstareter I have some really nice incentives for your pledges such as commissioned pieces (I rarely do commissions), sticker packs and comics, something for everyone so show it to your friends.

Thanks for your support, oh and if you end up making a kickstarter be sure to send me the link so I can support you.

-Jen

Fall Open Studios 2012

Here are some pictures I took during the fall FPAC open studios.

A big thank you to everyone that stopped buy to say hi. I did crazily well, and am now out of prints. It seems like it may be about time to do a re-stock. I'm hoping to order some more prints from iolabs (my favorite printing company, so far) and maybe put together a little postcard pack before the holidays.

Fall is in the Air

Yesterday, with the bustling of students it was evident that fall in Boston will soon be upon us.The crisp air always jump-starts my mind and inspires me to draw up a storm.
Fall may be my favorite season, but also my busiest time of year.

This year I will once again be attending the Boston Arts Festival ( I will be at booth #26)

Boston Arts Festival

at Christopher Columbus Park, between Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Boston’s historic North End.
September

8th to the 9th, 2012

http://www.facebook.com/events/403019166405166/

And, my favorite event of the season,

Fort Point open Studios

October 

19-21, 2012

http://www.fortpointarts.org


This year I will have some new stickers and buttons as well as some shiny new paintings.

Stop buy and say hello.
-Jen

Work Sent Out

I Just mailed my work out to the Three Graces Gallery.

The below pieces will be included in the Tiny Tiny Art Show 9

105 Market St.
Portsmouth, NH

Below are some of my process images, sketches and such.

One arting evening I came home with some cupcakes from Sweet bakery.  I made some holiday tea in out new wedding gift Anthropologie octopus mugs. I painted and nibbled on sweets while Tom played his video games, keeping warm with a cup of hot tea, what a lovely evening.

 

Below are the octopus mugs. look! They have ships on the inside!

The cupcake flavors were; cookies and cream, chocolate chip cookie dough, mint chip ice cream and bananas foster. I think the banana or the cookies and cream was the best.  My all time favorite is the strawberry shortcake.

 

Here are my finished pieces ready to be shipped out. I framed my Blue Squirrel in a cute shadow box frame.

 

 

Hope you can make it to the show, some other great artists will have their work there ad well, including  Kelly Vivanco and Amanda Atkins.

Winter Art Shopping

I just rotated my inventory of work at the FPAC store.



The store will also be hosting the
Fort Point Holiday sale:

December 2, 3, and 4, 2011
Friday 4-8pm • Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm
Opening Reception: Friday, December 2rd, 5-8pm
Festive holiday snacks and refreshments

12 Farnsworth Street • Fort Point, Boston • 617-423-1100
find unique gifts of local art, or treat yourself


http://www.fortpointarts.org/shop/

Voltage Cafe Show

Earlier this year I was invited to participate in a group show at the Voltage Cafe. Originally, I thought that I would not have any brand new pieces. For every show I do I try really hard to have at least a few new paintings, for the regulars. This year I have a million events going on in the fall and only a limited amount of work. With some hard work, early mornings and a sudden burst of inspiration I ended up completing three tiny new paintings.

Above are some sneak peeks of the work in progress.

I'm really excited for the opening. It has been over a year since I've been in a show that I could actually attend, and it is in a cute little coffee shop!

Time	Friday, September 9 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	Voltage Coffee & Art Gallery 295 3rd Street Cambridge, MA

The exhibition will be on view September 9th-October 22d, 2011

Participating Artists Include: Autumn Ahn, Brian Daly, Corey Corcoran, Elizabeth Grammaticas, Jakob Fioole, Jennifer Lewis, Jessica Liggero, Kenji Nakayama, Nick Ward, Polly Becker

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272404116107110
http://flux-boston.com/

Gearing up For the Fall

I know, summer has just started, but it seems like Fall is just around the corner.

I was just informed that I got into the Boston Arts festival again this year. This year it will only be two days, Saturday the 10th of Sep and Sunday the 11th.

I will also be participating in the Fort Point Open Studios; Oct 14th 15th and 16th.

In between my day job (really a night job) and painting I will be working and selling my work at the FPAC store, right next to the yummy Flour Bakery.

Below are some snippets of paintings I have been working on:

Spring is in the Air (and a little snow)

This year I will have a very busy spring. I will be showing my work at the: RISD spring alumni sale Saturday April 30th 2011 Providence RI Facebook link Website as well as the Fort Point Spring Art Walk. May 6th 7th and 8th Boston, Mass Link Off to do some more painting. -Jen

Open Studios Oct 2010

Spring Feaver

Wow! It is starting to get really nice out. My recent trip to Paris and the spring weather has induced a cleaning and baking tirade. This weekend, after my Space 242 opening, I'm going to try to make some of the traditional french macaroons. I have a feeling it may be a blusterous undertaking, but well worth the effort if they work out. My latest show "Vagabond Blues" part of the "6 Pack" show opens this Friday at Space 242. The openings at space 242 are always great. I will be showing with 5 other very talented artists: Dave Macmahon, Patt Kelley and my favorites Christopher Lyles and George Pfromm II

The opening will be Friday the 26th from 6-8pm

Please RSVP on the website:

http://www.space242.com/

Vagabond Blues

Please visit: http://www.space242.com for more information. -Thanks

Gulu-Gulu Salem

Today, through all the snow and in-climate weather, we made the trek to Salem to hang the show. Between trying to level paintings, sorting through bubble wrap and scaling ladders we sipped on lattes. We rewarded ourselves with a break for a much needed lunch and a relaxing commuter rail ride home. I love riding the commuter rail, it reminds me of traveling in Europe, something about the seats and suitcase racks. The snow added to the illusion. Everything is now up and the walls look great. Below I have posted some process pictures of some of my pieces. Hope you all can make it to the show opening on Jan 14th. I will be enjoying a vanilla latte martini, my favorite.

Fort Point Open Studios oct 16-18th

Fort Point Open Studios this weekend. Oct 16th to the 18th! I'm cleaning up and will be baking tomorrow, warm banana bread, skull cookies and of course lots of art. For More Info.

Art For Five

I was stumbling around some of my favorite blogs this afternoon and I found this neat little project thing

on Brandi Milne's page.. I thought it would be a ton of fun so here it goes: I am entering into the following contract with the first 5 people who comment on this post and then commit to do the same on their blog. Just read below and if you feel up to the task copy the following into your blog and leave me a comment.
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. Whatcha get is whatcha get.
2. What I create will be just for you, with love.
3. It’ll be done this year (2009).
4. I will not give you any clue what it’s going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not something cyber.
It may be weird or beautiful. Or it may be monstrous and annoying. 5. I reserve the right to do something strange. 6. In return, all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 to respond to your blog post.

7. Send me your mailing address - after I contact you.
Come on, don't be shy. Even if you don't think you're the creative type, you might end up surprising yourself - and making 5 other people very happy too! So there you go, be the first 5 to leave a comment and be a part of it! Please leave your email address as well so I can contact you :) PLEASE LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSSSS!!
PS. Brandi Milne got this idea from MUCH LOVE blog, go visit her.

RISD Sale 2009

Here are some old pictures I found of the RISD sale, It looks like it was a really bright day. The sun kept peeping out.