Print Making

I'm still working with my skills with print. I would love to explore further.

Silk Screen Print...











                                                         

Copper Etching print...

This is lino cut print. My favorite so fair. The one print on the left is the same as the one on the bottom. The flowers are just repeated.

Mixed Media

Working with multiple mediums at once is always so much fun. I do really like working with everything and I find I have to control my self....

 Mixed media collages made with everything.... its mail art, post cards.

 This is a just for fun piece.

This is a self portrait piece.

Painting

Painting is one of my most enjoyed past times. 

 One of my most favorite in class paintings, a man wearing hats at different angles. Working with acrylic.

 Water colour painting.....

These two last paintings are both in oil. Oil is my favorite medium to work with for paint.

Sculpture

 This is one of my earlyer clay sculptures.... working with clay. The one on the top is half my face and half skull.







                                                                                                                                                                                 

 This is a tiger sculpture that I created latter on made out of clay.

This sculpture is one of my most recent creations. Made from a wax mold and then filled with plaster. The flowers on top of the head are made out of wire. I started the sculpture by creating the face and texture with clay then cast it from there. Clay is one of my favorite mediums to work with.

Photography

These are some more photographs that I took. Photography is always fun for me. I really like getting more interesting angles when taking pictures. It really helps create dramatic lighting.

Earlier Photography (before school)

 This was on the side of the wall of a church for  war veterans in WW1. It's my family name, was kind of awesome to see.

All these pictures were taken at a duck conservation in south Ajax. Another interesting thing as well is that these photos were taken in December but it looks like fall. There is absolutely no snow yet and I still find it so odd for Canadian weather in December.

This is some other photography from the fall.

       Night Shotting!!

                           
 On the way to work in the fall.

Title: A Fall Day
Medium: Photograph

I managed to snap this picture on the way home from class. I got lucky with the lighting in the background and has to be one of my favorite pictures.

The Beginning

This is the starting of my blog, I though it would be good to start out with my artists bio and artists statement. This information will show my way of thinking and to just tell you more about my self.

Artists Bio

Jennifer Tonello was born on December 5, 1990 in Canada. Jennifer uses her life experiences in relation to today’s society to create compelling, morbid artwork to generate new ways of thinking. She enjoys working with mixed media, paint and sculpture.  She’s currently finishing her studies at Sheridan College in Visual and Creative Arts Advanced Diploma. Her exhibitions include End of The Year Show at Sheridan College, April 2012. Jennifer inspires to be an art teacher in the future.  

Artist Statement

The environment that surrounds us today has reached a new level of expression. My artwork allows me to demonstrate my interpretation of today’s world. Found in my artwork are inspirations of everyday life, social issues, and the decay of the elements that often go unnoticed.   Working with these inspirations opens new pathways to showing what surrounds us is often missed by day-to-day life.

I create new concepts by using my knowledge of my generation combined with my “Canadian Redneck” background. My cultural background gives me a different perspective on life. It allows me to tap into my heritage and reaches back to a forgotten way of life that thrives only in the northern parts of Canada, away from the busy, complex lives of the materialistic society in the south.

I enjoy working with a variety of paint mediums but often work with oil. Printmaking was introduced to me and needs to be explored further. Mixed media is also the consuming monster in my world. Art installations that are open to the public are fascinating to me, as it relates to people’s reactions. Mixed media sculpture is also one of my interests. A combination of living and dead material mixed together, brings new life to my creations.