Jenn Weinshenker ~ Statement When I’m painting, unplanned symbolic images step out of the shadows like
some kind of mute resolution, making its presence known. My inspiration and
approach to my work is a direct pathway into my psyche. Writing
poetry has been a passion all of my life. I was reciting Robert Frost
and Poe to my Grandmother before I could write my name. I have always
loved the sound of the written word. I have always been an avid reader
and approached life like a perpetual student. Being reclusive by nature
writing has been the other part of a conversation of thought between
those that have gone before me and my own observations and experiences.
I have worked very hard to find my life again, after having been in a serious
car accident some years ago. I have learned to accept life and embrace all of
it. My work continues to reflect what I have seen and experienced. I will
probably die one day with a brush in my callused hand, thinking about some poem
I am working on, if..... I am very, very lucky.
I am inspired by a world in which I am often a reluctant participant.
War and peace; love and isolation; purpose and freedom; are pieces of
the puzzle I try to fit together, in an effort to find sanity and peace
of mind. I suppose all of my work is a metaphysical manifestation of
what I am trying to work out; to understand; about life, history and
human nature.
