JENNIFER DAY
Exhibitions: Spellbind | House Guests 2020 | American Landscape | Divided Mind | Houseguests | Immersion | Deciduous | Il Mare
Welkin, charcoal on paper (scroll format) 120” x 96 inches
Billingsgate, oil on 2 panels, 24” x 48” inches
Pain's Grey, oil on panel, 60” x 48” inches
Alterpiece - open, 26” x72” (interior), oil on wood doors
Fluid, oil on panel, 60” x 48”
Light Stream, oil on panel, 36” x48” inches
What Lies Beneath, oil on panel, 36” x 48” inches
Exhale, oil on panel, 48” x 48” inches
Red Sea Remembered, oil on eucalyptus board, 48” x 12” inches
Passing Through, oil on panel, 36” x 48” inches
Alter-Piece, oil on wood doors (exterior), 26” x 36” inches
Conversation, oil on panel, 60” x 24” inches
Jennifer Day specializes in large, monochromatic depictions of water and forestry. In Storied Sea, the use of grayscale lends the image a double meaning. On the one hand, “storied” suggests history — the sea being an ancient site where countless narratives have transpired. On the other hand, the menacing aspect of the waters and the height of the waves invoke “storied” water quite literally. The grayscale palette of the paintings gives the select area of the sea that it depicts a monumental quality, which works for either interpretation.