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Ascent/Descent

Ascent/Descent is a painting of a good friend of mine, pregnant with her third child.  By using this image I wanted to convey both hope about what is to come and simultaneously a sense of things being out of control.  This is the first in a series of images touching on this theme.

Oil on Canvas, 35" x 35", Price inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694

Cover
Cover was created by piecing together several images.  The underlying theme is about love and sacrifice. 
Oil on Canvas, 30" x 35".  Price inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694
Spilled Tea and Pink Teapot

The spilled tea series uses somewhat delicate objects juxtaposed to a gritty ground.  The surfaces are carefully rendered on the still life objects and thick with impasto palette knive work on the background.

Oil on Canvas, 18" x 30".  -SOLD-
Spilled Tea I

The spilled tea series uses somewhat delicate objects juxtaposed to a gritty ground.  The surfaces are carefully rendered on the still life objects and thick with impasto palette knive work on the background.

Oil on Canvas, 11" x 17".  Price inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694
Spilled Tea II

The spilled tea series uses somewhat delicate objects juxtaposed to a gritty ground.  The surfaces are carefully rendered on the still life objects and thick with impasto palette knive work on the background.

Oil on Canvas, 11" x 17".  Price inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694
Pomegranate

My students worked on alla prima paintings recently and I decided to join them, with this result.  Oil on canvas, dimensions.  Price inquiries:  Gallery 109, 917-710-3694

John

A portrait of an old friend.
Price Inquiries: 
Gallery 109, 917-710-3694

Takeout with Blue Background

Oil on canvas.

Price Inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694

After the Party

Oil on Canvas

Price inquiries: Gallery 109, 917-710-3694

Recent Drawings

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About the Artist

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Jennifer Fairbanks was raised in Western Kentucky and studied painting and ceramics at Murray State University while pursuing training in classical painting techniques with portrait artist Joy Thomas. Through a grant from the Kentucky Arts Council, she relocated to New York City to study figurative and portrait painting with Ron Sherr and Mary Beth McKenzie at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. She earned a Master’s degree from New York University in Art Therapy and has exhibited her artwork in numerous group and solo shows in New York, Kentucky and Spain.

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Gallery 109 & Fairbanks Studio

Brick-and-mortar homebase for Jennifer's art

917-710-3694
109 N. 3rd
Murray, KY 42071
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Art Instruction

Jennifer is available for workshops and class instruction.  Several weekly classes are ongoing at Fairbanks Studio. 

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