ARTIST STATEMENT
My acrylic and collage paintings incorporate original hand-painted and monoprinted papers. My visual arts work focuses on the ephemeral beauty of our world and our need to do our best to respect and preserve it. From the rain-soaked days of my childhood in the Pacific Northwest through the ever-evolving arc of my artistic career, I have always built imaginary worlds that shape and color my experience. Plucking pieces from my surroundings, I rearrange life’s building blocks to construct new, distinctive realities. These imaginary worlds, in turn, become lenses onto our lived reality: fictional forums to consider concrete environmental, economic, and social issues.
My acrylic and collage paintings incorporate original hand-painted and monoprinted papers. My visual arts work focuses on the ephemeral beauty of our world and our need to do our best to respect and preserve it. From the rain-soaked days of my childhood in the Pacific Northwest through the ever-evolving arc of my artistic career, I have always built imaginary worlds that shape and color my experience. Plucking pieces from my surroundings, I rearrange life’s building blocks to construct new, distinctive realities. These imaginary worlds, in turn, become lenses onto our lived reality: fictional forums to consider concrete environmental, economic, and social issues.
BIO
Jenny Blazing was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and is now based in Durham, North Carolina. She graduated from University of California, Davis with degrees in Environmental Design & Economics and subsequently earned a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her work focuses on the ephemeral beauty of our world and our need to respect and preserve it. In addition to her painting practice, she shares a collaborative practice, WALSH / BLAZING, with professional artist Carin Walsh. WALSH / BLAZING contracts with museums, arts organizations, municipalities, and academic institutions to bring region-specific, multi-media installations that contextualize area history and engage the community around human factors that are impacting its future. Installations can be traditional exhibits or large-scale projections. Commercial commissions considered. www.walsh-blazing.com, @walshblazing
Click on the following link to view a peer-reviewed journal article by Professor Avi Brisman:
Representing the "Invisible Crime" of Climate Change in an Age of Post-Truth
