 The Extinction Triptych. ( c 60″ W x 36″ H) I have completed an unabashedly propagandistic triptych. (Thanks to Cindy Porter for donating the lovely gothic panels when she cleaned out her shed!) My intention is to show this work in various public places, and sell postcards and greeting cards, and maybe eventually posters, to cover the cost of schlepping them places. Then donate whatever is left over to worthy environmental organizations. I haven’t named any organizations here, because as usual I’m long on production, short on follow-up. And since I haven’t generated a red cent off of this project yet, there’s no point in getting anyone excited about donations, right? But if anyone out there has an idea about where they could hang in my effort to make people aware of the sixth great extinction we’re currently going through, get in touch.
Here’s the text that accompanies the images on the cards: The Extinction Triptych: “To be continued…” part 1: Hydrodamalis gigas – The Steller’s sea cow. Discovered by European explorers in 1741, they were extinct just 27 years later. Apparently, they were delicious. Or at least filling. part 2: Ectopistes migratorius – The passenger pigeon. Extinct now for 101 years. Once their numbers were so great their migrations blotted out the sun. The last passenger pigeon, “Martha,” died on September 1, 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. part 3: Danaus plexippus – The monarch butterfly. Not extinct yet. But headed that way fast. The painting is not finished – on purpose. Hopefully it won’t have to be.
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If you haven’t been to the current ThinkSmall exhibition at ArtSpace in Richmond, then you can’t have seen my work! I have participated in almost every one of these biennial fundraisers since the first one in … was is ‘01? or ’02? I’m not sure. For those of you who live too far from Richmond to make it, here are some digital versions, not nearly as good as seeing them in person, but sometimes we have to just make do, don’t we?
Hi everyone! It’s been a while, hasn’t it! It was a very busy year, tying up the last of my father’s estate and the usual “trying to make ends meet” scramble. I even took a couple of vacations! (Though one of them turned out to be more of an adventure- not really relaxing!) I was in the studio a fair amount, even with all the interruptions and intrusions of the realities of life, but had little success in getting into juried shows (I think the score is 0 for 6) or scheduling new shows. I did win an honorable mention at Bath County, (congrats to all my friends who did much better!) and sold enough work to barely make the federal poverty limit level. (Hooray! Now I can keep my ACA health plan!) I am updating the website now with recent work, but here are a couple of images of some of my favorites.
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AuthorJennifer Cox is an artist working in Rockbridge County, VA. She shows her work regionally, sometimes nationally, but not that often. She works in virtual isolation, so if you want to leave a comment, please do! Just try to be kind. Archives
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