What is a Tortuga to you?

This is one of my newer paintings, which for lack of a better description is figurative-abstract; I’ve been developing a series of new paintings and pushing forward- as always, never sure where it will lead, but hopeful about the possibilities. For years I’ve worked on small compositional ideas in my notebooks, and thought it was time to test them out in larger scale.

“Tortuga” is a small piece, 12 x 12″. Although I try never to impose any specific ideas about what the painting is about, I’ll tell  you this much:  this composition started to remind me of a giant turtle in the desert, which in turn reminded me of a grim scene in the show “Breaking Bad.”

"Tortuga" by Jen Ferguson

New Metrollpolis Update

There’s a new page of my psychedelic troll adventure Metrollpolis” up at Trip City. Read the newest METROLLPOLIS HERE! I hope you will enjoy following these quirky and lovable creatures as they meander through their strange but hospitable Trolltopia. If you missed the first few pages you can scroll back to the start at the Trip City site. Enjoy!

The Twilight Show 2011 Huge Sale! Dec. 10-11th. 17-18th.

The Twilight Show 2011
Huge Sale!
Paintings, Prints & Works on Paper by Jen Ferguson
Saturday, Dec. 10th; 1pm – 9pm; cocktail, cider and cookie party from 6-8pm
Sunday, Dec. 11th; 1pm – 6pm
Saturday, Dec. 17th; 1pm – 6pm
Sunday, Dec. 18th; 1pm – 6pm

55 Washington Street
4th floor #415
DUMBO Brooklyn NY
Please come by!
I’ll be thinning my collection of prints, postcards, posters and all artwork at extremely good prices.

Blue Night, Brooklyn Bridge by Jen Ferguson

Jen Ferguson’s “Monkey with a Mouton” -new print at Etsy

What is this monkey doing with a 1990 Chateau Mouton Rothschild? Has he been discovered in the wine cellar having an illicit nip from the bottle or is he politely offering YOU a glass? Whichever interpretation you choose, this simian wine connoisseur is sure to please your eye. Great for wine lovers, animal lovers and anyone with a sense of absurd whimsy.

It’s another new print of mine at etsy!  http://www.etsy.com/listing/87934083/monkey-with-a-mouton

Jen Ferguson's "Monkey with a Mouton"

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87934083/monkey-with-a-mouton

Jen Ferguson’s new Brooklyn Bridge & Bulldog Puppy prints for sale!

There are two new prints on Etsy! The bulldog puppy print is specially priced for the holidays, and the Blue Night Brooklyn Bridge is the invitation art for the December show. Here are the two ETSY Links:

Bulldog Puppy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/87671486/new-bulldog-puppy

Blue Night Brooklyn Bridge: http://www.etsy.com/listing/87669541/new-blue-night-brooklyn-bridge

Bulldog Puppy by Jen Ferguson

Blue Moon Brooklyn Bridge by Jen Ferguson

New Metrollpolis Update!

Metrollpolis, my new book serialized on TRIP CITY has its newest update today: http://welcometotripcity.com/2011/12/metrollpolis/  Enjoy!

Art profile and my interview with Ben Katchor at Trip City Blog!

Trip City, a wonderful new Brooklyn based literary blog, has put up a profile of me with a slideshow of my work to accompany a podcast interview of Ben Katchor I did with Dean Haspiel recently. You can see the slideshow at this link: http://welcometotripcity.com/2011/11/the-art-of-jen-ferguson/ and the hear the podcast at this one: http://welcometotripcity.com/2011/11/episode-3-ben-katchor/

I’m very honored! Ben Katchor is one of my absolute favorite artists and Trip City is a great venue.

ETSY Print Sale!

I’m having a print sale at ETSY for the holidays- 20% off your entire order with the code HOLIDAYSALE4YOU at http://www.etsy.com/shop/artinchaos

Happy Holidays!

Metrollpolis on Trip City

I have new serialized artwork on  Trip City, a fabulous new online arts and literary journal. My project is called Metrollpolis and is the basis of a new storyline for a longer prose piece I’m currently working on.

Metrollpolis
If you’ve ever seen the film “Troll Hunter” or read any Norwegian folk tales, you know the kind. While everyone seems to conjure up a different image when you say “troll,” most agree on a few key characteristics: mischievous, inherently bad,  and devious. Not to mention their ugliness, big noses and warts.
But you will have to discover trolls on their own terms in Metrollpolis. Never will your assumptions lead you more astray; never will you enter a stranger, more eccentric municipality. So close your travel guides, and put away your passport; they won’t do you any good here. And watch out for those creaking city gates, they haven’t been opened for a long time~

Recent Commisision

I  don’t do many commissions, but when someone who had previously bought my work told me how much he adores his pit bull “Diego” and asked if I might consider painting a portrait, I got inspired.

Here is the finished painting, a little in the style of the Dutch Masters. To me, he seems to look imploringly for a walk or table scrap. But that’s how all dogs look. Hope you enjoy seeing my latest effort. This was a really fun one!

"Diego" Painting by Jen Ferguson