Where I've been...

I've been on hiatus from visual art a bit because I've been working on my mixing. Check it out!!! LOUD NOISES!!!

Art show planning!!

Im working on putting some smaller shows together. If anyone has interest in showing with/for me for one night events, please shoot me an email with examples of your work or your website. Happy art making yall!! :)

COLOR PRINTS!! Order now!!

Sorry I've been MIA, managing other aspects of my life. However I am still here. And! I am taking orders for prints of the below shown piece. Please contact me ASAP if you would like one!!! jeniphersob@gmail.com

Prints for sale.

Im looking into getting some limited quantities made of color prints of some of my work which will be for sale before the holidays. Official details to follow. Interested parties should contact me asap so I can factor in your requests!! Email me at jeniphersob@gmail.com

Cue tension stage left.

Sometimes the process is more important than the final product.

Im going to work in my studio tonight. I prob have 4,392 works in progress, many of which might not ever be completed for various reasons. Many will get finished but maybe never shown. Some may get finished and then destroyed by the very hand that created them. Im going to work in my studio tonight and I dont care what comes of it. Total & absolute freedom. Lately Ive been into making things and then secretly destroying them. Well, I suppose its not so secret anymore now that Ive blogged about it. Its about the process to me. And symbolism. Lotta symbolism.

For a person whos pretty Virgoesque, I like lots of dirty, tension-invoking asymmetry.

Im feeling the mania creeping in...

Artcity/Journal mention for Impromptu Gallery show 10.16.09

We got a mention for tomorrow's show in the Journal! View here.

This Friday! 10.16.09

This Friday is Gallery Night. I'll be showing @ Impromptu Gallery - for more info please visit http://www.impromptugallery.com

And now I've got some work to do in the studio!!!

The Hermit.

I'm still here. I've been trying out this new thing. Kinda hermit-like. Working it out. Staying out of the limelight and what have you.

I am on hiatus from self portraits, or any portraits for that matter... of humans at least.

Quietly residing in my own thoughts for the moment. I'm still here. I'm around. I'll be back. Just have to iron out a few things. Time for transition. Change is good. Crossing things off the to-do lists. Setting new goals. Renovation. Running away, then coming back. Getting more comfortable in my own skin. Finding peace with myself.

I am working on some projects. My studio is still in the same manic state of chaos as always, just with some new elements.

It'll be interesting to see how I emerge from this and what the final product will be. Just going with the flow. Instead of fighting the current. For once.

Video blog: unframed / uninhibited 7.24.09

unframed / uninhibited 7.24.09

This is a little late. I've been busy & on artistic hiatus for a minute. Needed a break & to tend to other matters which needed tending. Anywayzzzzzzzz...

Unframed / Uninhibited: the party was great. James and my work show well together, if I do say so. Music was slammin. The crowd was awesome. I had a blast! I danced my booty off. Well, not literally. But I dressed my booty in some pinstripe pants paired with suspenders and a white wifebeater, which not too long into the night had a big fat red wine stain on it. This is why I dont wear white. Its a curse. I had an extra, being well aware of said curse, but I said screw it and sported my stained frock the rest of the evening. I made it till 4am! Like thats any surprise. I was good and proper jacked on redbull to kick off the night. I heard a lot of positive feedback about the whole 'art rave' concept, which is good news as I plan to work more of these. Anyhoo, some photographic highlights from the evening of 7.24.09:

A series of drawing I made of some of my DJ pals.

My sister & I <3

Myself w/ sumo wrestler monkey man.

Two days left till Gallery Night!!

Oh my, I've been so busy lately I've hardly been able to keep up with blogging. Details for Friday falling into place nicely. Wrapping up the last of my art for the show, finishing, signing, spraying with fixative. All of my art is unframed, so theres the slight concern of drunk peoples hands molesting it. Though if I see a single person lay a hand on any art I wont hesitate to jump all over them. I dont like to let it show, but I'm actually a tiny bit stressed and exhausted. I've been packing in the maximum amount of stuff a human being can handle in a day and still manage 7 hours of sleep. But! I dont like to complain, so I wont. I love it! I'm really excited for the show, it should be a great time! I am showing tons of new work. Theres a good amount of my usual, but I also did a series of portraits of some friends. I've been pretty good at keeping it under wraps as I wanted it to be a surprise, but as the event is now only 2 days away, I feel comfortable leaking some hints.. And here it is: these portraits will tie in nicely with the rest of the event. Pay attention! You could be one of the subjects and you didnt even realize it! How sneaky of me! ;) I hope to see everyone down there, but if you cant make it due to geographical conflicts or other obligations, worry not. I will post pictures and video after the event. It'll be a busy weekend and could take me a few days, but I will do my best. And now for the details:

unframed / uninhibited
7.24.09
@ Skylight Opera Theatre
158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI
*5pm - 4am*
$10 cover after 10pm
cash bar

New art work by:
JAMES KLOIBER
JENIPHER SOB

Music by:
3am CURRENT AFFAIR (tag team duo)
1am DJ HOMEWRECKER
12am POOR BOY RICH (live pa)
11pm CHRIS GRANT
10pm WILLIAM ABRAHAM (live pa)

9pm FORTUNE
8pm WILLIAM ABRAHAM (live pa - ambient techno)
7pm DJ PHD
6pm DJ PJ
5pm FORTUNE (downtempo set)

Digital Art By:
VJ BRY
BARCODE

Gallery night party details coming along nicely.

So after a lovely weekend of blowing off most of my responsibilities, I came back today with a vengence! Many calls/emails/texts/follow ups later and we've got many of the details sorted out for the gallery night event. Kloiber made the flyer (see below), so in addition to finishing the body of work I've got in progress, now comes the fun task of promoting. I love promoting! It energizes me to talk to people and get them as stoked as I am about something, and I am def revved up for this show! I am quite sure it'll be a smashing good time. Now to post this bad boy up all over the interwebs! Spread the word!

Happiest when busy/in motion.

Its been a very productive week for me so far! I finished three drawings on Monday. Yesterday I gathered my resources to begin a six portrait series that ties in with our Gallery Night event. I like to keep things a little secretive, but I have a big mouth so we'll see how long that lasts. Anyway, Kloiber and I are collaborating on a project, so last night I got my piece of it nearly complete. Just some fresh perspective & touch up work me thinks. I also began two of the six portraits for my series. The full moon energy was in full effect last night & I was taking total advantage of it. Things are good! I am really enjoying riding this wave. Still more details to be worked out for the event. I'll be stopping to chat with Chris Grant at some point today to see where we are at. I really love planning events & promoting. I'm elated to see this coming together and to be a part of this. I can hardly wait until Fortune returns from San Fran so I can chew her ear off about all my mania inspired ideas for more events! Woot woot! I feel alive!! :)

So many art projects, so little time! Im planning on doing lotsa portraits of my pals for the upcoming Gallery night. Also the usual self portrait work. Mania!

Confirmed! Ravetastic Gallery Night 7.24.09

I got word from DJ Fortune on Friday that our party is locked in for Friday, July 24 for Gallery Night. I am not sure of the line up just yet, but she and Chris Grant for sure. James Kloiber and myself will be showing art - so come buy some!! And then stay, have some drinks, and dance with me! It'll be a late event. I'm really stoked for this, I'm sure it'll be a great night so pencil it in now as this is one you won't want to miss. ;)

In the mean time, I will be a very busy lady making lots of art! And oh my! What will I wear?? Oh goody goody goody, so many ideas brewing...

You know me and my blogging. I just can't seem to get enough of it. More details to come... :)

The Beauty Sweet 16 party 5.30.09

Party was great! Good show, lots of good art. Good times! I sold one of my drawings (middle piece in photo, hands bound behind back).




Myself and fellow artist & good pal of mine, James Kloiber.


James & his sweet friend Mindy, standing in front of James' work.

Upcoming Sweet 16 Party @ Beauty 5.30.09

Oh yes, and how could I forget! I'm showing some brand spankin' new work this weekend in a one night event. Please join me on Saturday for this:

Sweet 16 Party @ Beauty

Saturday, May 30, 2009
6:00pm - 11:00pm
Location:
Beauty
1633 N. Farwell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI

Celebrate Beauty's 16th anniversary with a night of art, music, film, fashion & fabulousness.

Artists:
Daemon Raphael
Donna Marquart
Rory Kurtz
James Kloiber
Jenipher Sob
Mike McGuiness
Jessica Kaminski
Amanda Contrerus

Video:
Nathianiel Theis
Jason Burczyk
Sam Macon
Dane Haman
Ashley Altadonna

Music:
Tenant Parking Only
4th Street Elevator
Jayk

Fashion:
Amanda Ergen
Mink Clothing
Judi Rath
Boudoir Designs

Hair designs by Julia Newcomb and Younghawk Bautista

Peaches show & gift

Last week I won tickets to the Peaches after set at Smartbar in Chicago, where a friend got my sister & I VIP access so we got to chill in the DJ booth. It was awesome. I was pretty stoked, as I do admire Peaches' music and her piss & vinegar attitude/persona, and admittedly a wee bit tipsy, so hopefully she did not find my spazzocity too annoying! Anyway, I gave her a small piece of artwork as a gift. I figured considering the type of art I generally make and her music, she might appreciate it. She thanked me and she seemed to like it so I was happy.

Drawing I gave to Peaches:


Peaches during her set:


Randomness & good times:
My sister & I

James Amato & I

05.18.09

So much going on lately! When it rains, it pours, eh? This is good tho. I love this pace. I get stir crazy when I don't have a million things going on. I've met some very interesting people lately & am pushing myself out of my comfort zone. Always striving for progress. No time to sit still! Shows coming up, work to frame, new art to make, new friends to meet, adventurous moments to be in, and so on and so forth. I keep saying that I need a vacation, but at the same time I dont want the hassle of breaking up my routine since I am in a good flow. Thats pretty lame, I know. A vacation would be cleansing & give me a whole new perspective I imagine. But I am in a good mental state. I'm pretty darn good at keepin it real. I'm not one to fool myself or play games with people. Yes, I think I might have mastered the art of forgiving myself & moving on. So much time is wasted when you get "stuck". I think I was mentally stuck on a few issues all of which have just worked themselves out and vanished from my thought pattern. Time to move on to better & bigger things! I have no time to waste. No one knows whats best for me except me. I'm not into it when other people tell me what I should or should not be doing. Trust me, I know what I am doing. Sometimes its not always the "best" thing, but its what I feel like doing so I do it anyway because I feel like it. Like I could get out there an paint a bunch of landscapes that my heart isnt in just to sell them, but I dont want to. I pursue the things that make me feel passionate. But just as easily I tire of those things if I'm not getting what I want out of it anymore. Thats how it goes. Art projects started with so much passion, but sometimes these things go astray. Sometimes I just wake up & feel completely different about a project. I guess thats how the unfinished projects heap grows. Sometimes my feelings just change. Oh well. Thats prob why I have a tendency to work fast and act on impulse. You just never know with these things!

I have a lot of things to tend to this evening, but I am running on fumes today! Only 3 hours of sleep last night ;) Can I do it? Can I push on thru and be productive tonight? My guess is yes. I can do it! I can do anything! I can & I will, because I don't have time to waste. Life is just too short for that nonsense. :)

05.09.09

I finally got around to scanning some interviews and adding them to my website, after, oh I donno, like 5 years passed. LOL Better late than never I suppose. It was interesting to read them and see what is unchanged about the way I think and also how my views on some things are very different. Seeing your own growth and transformation is like an artistic process. I enjoy documenting the various stages of a piece of art that I am working on, photographing it in the line drawing phase, and then a few times during the painting phase. I've done seemingly a lot of looking back at old photos and memories lately. It makes me feel good about where I am and how far I've come, though I continue to strive for progress always. I just don't think that I am the type of person to ever decide, 'Ok, I've done enough. I can chillax now.' Yeah, thats just not gonna happen, like ever. But thats good! Its what you call drive.

Anyway, I plan to photograph and post some new art on the site soon as I get a chance. The look of the site will also be revamped whenever I wrap my head around where I want to go with it. It will prob always be a very basic, simple, clean looking page however, considering that I do it all myself in html. Less is more, no?

I've chosen which pieces I'm going to show at the Beauty Sweet 16 party the last Saturday this month. Now I just have to frame it, and thats the easy part for me. Choosing the work is always the hard part, but I am confident I picked works that have a cohesive theme. Also noteworthy that they are all new works so this will be the first time I am showing them.

Ah, and the most exciting thing that I can report is that Brent (Cedar Block) and I spoke last night to discuss several art event happenings. Lots of stuff in the works. We are both actively working hard on planning & lining up venues. Dates are yet to be firmed up. But its gonna happen. Oh yes. Its gonna happen. Stay tuned!!!