Jennifer Gillen
Sharing Art Tips (in real life)
How meeting other artists in real life improves my art.
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JENNIFER GILLEN
Realistic Watercolor and Botanical Art
Jennifer Gillen
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Coming Back
Yes, real artists do quit. But they also restart. My last blog post was about exploring new avenues of creating. I wanted to know what...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Do Real Artists Quit?
It’s difficult to know when it is time to quit doing something. Whether it’s a job, a bad habit, or something as meaningful as art,...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Starting 2023 with Exhibitions
It's always exciting when I receive an invitation to show my paintings in a gallery. This year is starting with two fun invitations to...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jan 28
- 3 min
Redouté: Rose Gardens and Refinement?
Art history connects us to a thread of other artists who bothered with beauty when it did not appear relevant or easy.
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Do Watercolor Paintings Last?
I was recently asked about how long watercolor paintings last. It's a great question that came from a collector interested in buying...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jan 13
- 1 min
The Allure of a New Year
My year started curiously. I awoke on January 1st to the sound of a barking and howling dog. Looking out the windows of our vacation...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
The Systematic Nature of Watercolor
I like order and systems. It’s not what first comes to mind when people think about art. The popular idea about creating art is that it...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
Gray Background & Vignetting Removed!
Fixing the gray background on a botanical painting photograph.
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jul 27, 2022
- 3 min
Three Upcoming Debuts
New exhibitions for the late-summer season!
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jul 16, 2022
- 3 min
Artist's Hand: Proof of Presence
Hand is the trace left by the artist that lets you know it was crafted by a human.
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jul 9, 2022
- 3 min
Curiosity, Creativity, and Empathy
Have you ever really thought about the stories of the people you encounter in life? I find myself constantly curious about people. As...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Jun 8, 2022
- 2 min
What's Up with White Backgrounds?
The straight-forward, no-nonsense appearance of white backgrounds is really appealing to me now. No, I'm not just being lazy! Keeping the...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Apr 13, 2022
- 3 min
You're Invited!
It's almost summer, and my art is traveling to many new exhibitions! You are invited to come see it in galleries around Texas. I'm still...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Mar 27, 2022
- 2 min
Moving into Painting through Sonnets
From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty’s rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
The Romeo and Juliet Series
It's officially a series! I'm finishing the third painting in a series of traditional botanical paintings based on Shakespeare's Romeo...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Shakespeare and the Camellias
A few weeks ago, I was on a long drive home from visiting my daughter who is away at college. Listening to audio books and podcasts helps...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Mar 5, 2022
- 2 min
The Camellias
Last February, I visited a botanical garden during an unseasonably warm afternoon. It was an overcast day. The clouds created moody...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
The Size of Art
Have you ever noticed the different sizes of museum paintings? Maybe, if you're like me, when you leave a museum, you think about all of...
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Jennifer Gillen
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Artistic Voice
If you can walk into a museum filled with art and identify the artists without looking at the placard, then you understand artistic...
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