Featured Artist Jenny Pivor

Artist Jenny Pivor shares a selection from her Jazzed series, using colorful photographic composites of musicians transposed with nature images. See more by visiting her website.

 

 

For me, art is an exploration where I navigate the unknown. I’m not really sure what I am going to discover.

 

 

Sometimes, when I set out on a “good trail,” it is an all engrossing adventure.

 

 

I have various sorts of images that interest me as a place of departure, such as music, nature, old cars, animals and street photography, which can be viewed on my website. Here, I am featuring my Jazzed images, originating from my collection of photos of musicians.

 

 

I began painting these images when I became involved with a group called the North Shore Jazz Project. I had the opportunity to hear a lot of jazz as well as meet the musicians.

 

 

I found that their music truly moved me. Being an artist, I wanted to find a way to visually interpret those feelings.

 

 

I create these images by combining them in Photoshop with other unrelated photos of shapes and colors. I am experimental with technology, combining it with what I already know about painting. I’m looking to create something unique with an entirely different look and message.

 

 

I draw some of these random images from nature, for instance, a photo of a flock of birds taking flight. Once I make a composite of these images, I put them into Illustrator for simplification. Or I add them to Fresco on my iPad where I paint them with a stylus.

 

 

Lately, I have been painting them in oils and then reblending those images with new photos of musicians to achieve a painterly effect.

 

 

I’m always looking for the unusual. I consider my background as a painter, and the works of my favorite artists as I work: David Hockney, Gustav Klimpt, Henri Rousseau and Edward Hopper. These artists all employed strong compositions, often with large areas of flat color, balanced with pattern and smaller shapes.

 

Artist Jenny Pivor invites you to follow her on Facebook and Instagram.

 

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