Jenna Ransom "Night Disco"
$2000. Graphite on the back of found blue print, 35.5” x 31.5”, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My drawings are meditative visions that evolve spontaneously and without a preconceived finished image. Since becoming a mother, these drawings have become a nightly practice that I can get lost in while making them. As I draw, the forms and shapes behold rhythmic patterns. I start in the upper left corner and begin drawing on the paper in an up and down mark making process that travels across the paper. I only use paper, pencil, and a sharpener, no erasures. Accidental marks are fine with me; I am attracted to the handmade quality of the process, right or wrong. Plants, flora, the sun and ideas of growth are present. Many different cultural symbolisms of rebirth and new beginnings excite me. I think about creating a meaningful play on organic shapes while seeking a beautiful, bizarre image at the same time. They are wonderful to make and are endless in surprises.
Artist bio
Jenna Ransom is a single mother living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2005 and her BA from Roanoke College in Salem, VA where she received the Fine Arts Prize. In 2015, she was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts painting fellowship. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Abrons Art Center, Vermont Studio Center, and the Jentel Foundation. She has exhibited in galleries in New York, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, Washington, California and Hawaii.
$2000. Graphite on the back of found blue print, 35.5” x 31.5”, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My drawings are meditative visions that evolve spontaneously and without a preconceived finished image. Since becoming a mother, these drawings have become a nightly practice that I can get lost in while making them. As I draw, the forms and shapes behold rhythmic patterns. I start in the upper left corner and begin drawing on the paper in an up and down mark making process that travels across the paper. I only use paper, pencil, and a sharpener, no erasures. Accidental marks are fine with me; I am attracted to the handmade quality of the process, right or wrong. Plants, flora, the sun and ideas of growth are present. Many different cultural symbolisms of rebirth and new beginnings excite me. I think about creating a meaningful play on organic shapes while seeking a beautiful, bizarre image at the same time. They are wonderful to make and are endless in surprises.
Artist bio
Jenna Ransom is a single mother living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2005 and her BA from Roanoke College in Salem, VA where she received the Fine Arts Prize. In 2015, she was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts painting fellowship. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Abrons Art Center, Vermont Studio Center, and the Jentel Foundation. She has exhibited in galleries in New York, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, Washington, California and Hawaii.
$2000. Graphite on the back of found blue print, 35.5” x 31.5”, 2022.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My drawings are meditative visions that evolve spontaneously and without a preconceived finished image. Since becoming a mother, these drawings have become a nightly practice that I can get lost in while making them. As I draw, the forms and shapes behold rhythmic patterns. I start in the upper left corner and begin drawing on the paper in an up and down mark making process that travels across the paper. I only use paper, pencil, and a sharpener, no erasures. Accidental marks are fine with me; I am attracted to the handmade quality of the process, right or wrong. Plants, flora, the sun and ideas of growth are present. Many different cultural symbolisms of rebirth and new beginnings excite me. I think about creating a meaningful play on organic shapes while seeking a beautiful, bizarre image at the same time. They are wonderful to make and are endless in surprises.
Artist bio
Jenna Ransom is a single mother living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2005 and her BA from Roanoke College in Salem, VA where she received the Fine Arts Prize. In 2015, she was awarded a New York Foundation of the Arts painting fellowship. She has been awarded artist residencies at the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Abrons Art Center, Vermont Studio Center, and the Jentel Foundation. She has exhibited in galleries in New York, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, Washington, California and Hawaii.