Future Filmmakers of America (Blackboard Jungle Series) -Pánne Ally
Pánne Ally (phyllis anne jenkins)
Future Filmmakers of America (Blackboard Jungle Series)
Mixed Media
$2500
40x40x1.5”
Artist Statement
My work is inspired and informed by the past - memories, longings, states of mind and feelings. Old handmade quilts, cracked tea cups, frayed walls, worn floors, strangers walking by inspire the deeper story. It’s personal. And vulnerable. I am compelled to create - to validate my being here. It’s like there’s a primal need to record the story. It is why, perhaps, I am compelled to paint.
Which explains my process. I use artist paints, crayons, pencils, markers, house paint, charcoal, ink, graphite, collage ephemera to create and destroy the surface of the canvas over and over, again and again. Brushing, swiping, tearing, gluing, sanding, erasing, covering. . . until the story has told itself. Like life. Building and tearing down, then rebuilding. It, for me, is a natural process.
The colors I use are part of the story, sometimes soft and subdued covering over the bright and brash. Sometimes, the other way around. Reflecting the ebb and flow, the rushing forward and pulling back. It’s an act of discovery. The more successful I am in that process, the more the viewer experiences it. I’m successful for short spurts of time, until the next one. I don’t think I ever get it just right. I let go of perfection over and over again. Telling the story doesn’t require perfection. I remind myself. Making art is a process of letting go over and over and over.
Pánne Ally (phyllis anne jenkins)
Future Filmmakers of America (Blackboard Jungle Series)
Mixed Media
$2500
40x40x1.5”
Artist Statement
My work is inspired and informed by the past - memories, longings, states of mind and feelings. Old handmade quilts, cracked tea cups, frayed walls, worn floors, strangers walking by inspire the deeper story. It’s personal. And vulnerable. I am compelled to create - to validate my being here. It’s like there’s a primal need to record the story. It is why, perhaps, I am compelled to paint.
Which explains my process. I use artist paints, crayons, pencils, markers, house paint, charcoal, ink, graphite, collage ephemera to create and destroy the surface of the canvas over and over, again and again. Brushing, swiping, tearing, gluing, sanding, erasing, covering. . . until the story has told itself. Like life. Building and tearing down, then rebuilding. It, for me, is a natural process.
The colors I use are part of the story, sometimes soft and subdued covering over the bright and brash. Sometimes, the other way around. Reflecting the ebb and flow, the rushing forward and pulling back. It’s an act of discovery. The more successful I am in that process, the more the viewer experiences it. I’m successful for short spurts of time, until the next one. I don’t think I ever get it just right. I let go of perfection over and over again. Telling the story doesn’t require perfection. I remind myself. Making art is a process of letting go over and over and over.
Pánne Ally (phyllis anne jenkins)
Future Filmmakers of America (Blackboard Jungle Series)
Mixed Media
$2500
40x40x1.5”
Artist Statement
My work is inspired and informed by the past - memories, longings, states of mind and feelings. Old handmade quilts, cracked tea cups, frayed walls, worn floors, strangers walking by inspire the deeper story. It’s personal. And vulnerable. I am compelled to create - to validate my being here. It’s like there’s a primal need to record the story. It is why, perhaps, I am compelled to paint.
Which explains my process. I use artist paints, crayons, pencils, markers, house paint, charcoal, ink, graphite, collage ephemera to create and destroy the surface of the canvas over and over, again and again. Brushing, swiping, tearing, gluing, sanding, erasing, covering. . . until the story has told itself. Like life. Building and tearing down, then rebuilding. It, for me, is a natural process.
The colors I use are part of the story, sometimes soft and subdued covering over the bright and brash. Sometimes, the other way around. Reflecting the ebb and flow, the rushing forward and pulling back. It’s an act of discovery. The more successful I am in that process, the more the viewer experiences it. I’m successful for short spurts of time, until the next one. I don’t think I ever get it just right. I let go of perfection over and over again. Telling the story doesn’t require perfection. I remind myself. Making art is a process of letting go over and over and over.