"One day in my painting class in SDSU. I got an assignment that required me to look up a contemporary artist: Jenny Saville and to create a painting that incorporates some aspect of her art. I started work on "Face". I really wanted to work large (like Jenny) so I bought 8 feet of canvases. I took over 200 photos of my room mate Megan until I got the perfect "face". Then I began painting. It was an incredibly fun process, I took my time and experimented and ended up with a finished painting."
Jessica with Face and awards at SDSU Art Gallery
The next semester I entered "Face" into the SDSU Student Art Award Ceremony 2009. For "Face" I won two awards. The Provost Purchase Award whom now hang my painting in the building Manchester on SDSU campus. Also I won a scholarship from Mission Federal ArtWalk 2009 which includes a free 10x10 booth at this years ArtWalk in downtown San Diego and a mentor to help me with ArtWalk and learning the business side of selling art with John Hiemstra.
Face
Here is an excerpt from the first blog entry Jessica crafted on the blogspot site we started with.
