Jennifer Fearon
No Longer on the Formulary
Oil paint, insurance letters, and subject's artwork.
24" x 24". 2016.
Website: http://jenniferfearon.com
California, USA
VO by McKerrin Kelly
Oil paint, insurance letters, and subject's artwork.
24" x 24". 2016.
Website: http://jenniferfearon.com
California, USA
VO by McKerrin Kelly
Ariel
Data sheets, oil paint, mylar, silver leaf, and oxidization. 40” x 20”. 2020 |
Scar Tissue
Oil on arthroscopic photo transfer on panel. 20” x 16”. 2020 |
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Zach
Digital print, colored pencil, gouache, silver leaf, oxidization, oil paint and Mylar on wood. 24” x 24”. 2020 |
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
This series began with my respect for the soul touching spirit in my son with cystic fibrosis and autism. He cannot speak with words, but his rich engagement with his world has taught me how to live a richer life myself. With these portraits, I hope to call attention to and honor the courage, strength and resilience in the people I meet living with different physical and mental realities. I have included documents or artifacts in each portrait that represents an aspect of each person’s daily reality.
STATEMENT:
My paintings are emotional responses to my own direct observations and life experiences. We are constantly bombarded with images, conflicting information and ideas. In our current cultural moment I want to stop in the maelstrom: to take the time to observe closely and pay attention to what I notice. I do so in hopes that I might portray some essential truth about what I see and feel. I try to follow the directive of poet Mary Oliver: "Pay attention, be amazed, tell about it". I am inspired by moments of grace, when I experience a rush of understanding and recognition of the profound. The soul in a person who cannot speak for himself, the soft light in the coastal atmosphere – these both invoke the heart of our existence. The search for the truth of things forms the narrative thread across my work with different media and subject matter.
DESCRIPTIONS:
No Longer on The Formulary
The head and shoulders of a man face us. He has a pale complexion, dark hair, thick brows, and dark eyes, and he wears a blue shirt. His nose and mouth are covered by an oxygen mask. A silver clamp is near the bridge of his nose. Thin green bands stretch to his ears. A clear plastic valve and tubing hang under his chin. Gray vapor escapes from the mask by the bridge of his nose and swirls above him. The background is gray blue at the top and bottom and white on either side of the man’s eyes. Bits of text and numbers laid out in tables are visible beneath the paint.
Ariel
A woman with a tan complexion stands facing left, looking out at us. She has a wide oval face, thin arched brows, blue eyes, a long straight nose, thin lips and a round chin. Her wavy dark hair is away from her face and falls to the middle of her back. She wears a beige bra and navy warm-up pants with three white stripes running down the leg. Clipped to the waistband is a small device the size of a pack of playing cards. A thin cable attached to one end of the device snakes up to a small round sensor on her arm just above the elbow. A loop extends from that sensor to a second one 2 inches above the first. Blotchy butter yellow in the background partially covers data sheets with columns of words and figures.
Scar Tissue
A naked woman stands in profile, facing left. She has slightly reddish skin, indistinct features and shoulder length brown hair. Under her arm is a silver crutch. The hint of her breast is visible under the arm rest. On her leg is a black brace from her thigh to below the knee. Sunlight pours from a window on the right and bathes her back and shoulders. The background is an uneven gray over indistinct arthroscopic images.
Zach
In the lower right is a young man with a tan complexion, round face, and straight dark hair that falls in an uneven fringe on his forehead. He has dark brows, small dark eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted full lips with a hint of a mustache above. His chin rests on the knuckles of his right hand. He wears a blue shirt. Diagonally above him is a woman with a solemn expression. A faint gray wash covers her round face. She has dark hair, thin brows, and small dark eyes. Glasses perch on her wide nose above thin lips and a round chin. The background is a grid of large gray circles set in squares. Circles above and below the woman’s face are brown and gold.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
The head and shoulders of a man face us. He has a pale complexion, dark hair, thick brows, and dark eyes, and he wears a blue shirt. His nose and mouth are covered by an oxygen mask. A silver clamp is near the bridge of his nose. Thin green bands stretch to his ears. A clear plastic valve and tubing hang under his chin. Gray vapor escapes from the mask by the bridge of his nose and swirls above him. The background is gray blue at the top and bottom and white on either side of the man’s eyes. Bits of text and numbers laid out in tables are visible beneath the paint.
Ariel
A woman with a tan complexion stands facing left, looking out at us. She has a wide oval face, thin arched brows, blue eyes, a long straight nose, thin lips and a round chin. Her wavy dark hair is away from her face and falls to the middle of her back. She wears a beige bra and navy warm-up pants with three white stripes running down the leg. Clipped to the waistband is a small device the size of a pack of playing cards. A thin cable attached to one end of the device snakes up to a small round sensor on her arm just above the elbow. A loop extends from that sensor to a second one 2 inches above the first. Blotchy butter yellow in the background partially covers data sheets with columns of words and figures.
Scar Tissue
A naked woman stands in profile, facing left. She has slightly reddish skin, indistinct features and shoulder length brown hair. Under her arm is a silver crutch. The hint of her breast is visible under the arm rest. On her leg is a black brace from her thigh to below the knee. Sunlight pours from a window on the right and bathes her back and shoulders. The background is an uneven gray over indistinct arthroscopic images.
Zach
In the lower right is a young man with a tan complexion, round face, and straight dark hair that falls in an uneven fringe on his forehead. He has dark brows, small dark eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted full lips with a hint of a mustache above. His chin rests on the knuckles of his right hand. He wears a blue shirt. Diagonally above him is a woman with a solemn expression. A faint gray wash covers her round face. She has dark hair, thin brows, and small dark eyes. Glasses perch on her wide nose above thin lips and a round chin. The background is a grid of large gray circles set in squares. Circles above and below the woman’s face are brown and gold.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
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