{"id":291,"date":"2015-10-29T18:56:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2015-11-14T22:37:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T22:37:59","slug":"artist-spotlight-jeremy-penn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/artist-spotlight-jeremy-penn\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"
First\u00a0exposure\u00a0to the arts<\/strong> Then after college I just started pushing the boundaries. I started playing with new mediums, moving out of traditional oil paintings… I wanted a something different and dimensional I used encaustic\u00a0wax. This wax is the most primitive form of painting. What inspires you<\/strong> My friend had this collection of old mugshots that turned\u00a0into a 2 year\u00a0spread of working with these mugshots. There was one guy, William Murphy, I investigated his entire life. He got arrested for pimping.\u00a0I couldn’t understand why I was\u00a0so haunted by his image.\u00a0He knows my soul. It led to me\u00a0studying the psychology of photography. It\u2019s a moment that can never\u00a0be. It’s essentially death. I started painting him, I read over 4000 pages of reading about this guy.<\/p>\n Favorite artists<\/strong> How can we follow you<\/strong> Check out more photos from our studio visit with Penn<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nI can’t remember, I’ve been doing this my whole life. I painted better than other people, I didn\u2019t grow up in a creative family. I just excelled over people painting around me. It was my favorite outlet.<\/p>\n
\nWhat music are you listening to<\/strong>
\nRight now? Well it’s usually rap, but right now I’m listening to WiIlie Nelson.<\/p>\n
\nI love old stuff. I’m totally inspired by old stuff. Old family albums, everything. My series Vice & Virtue, there’s a whole story underneath each one of those using vintage erotica. They just take me back in time. I’ve been drawn to this era my entire life.<\/p>\n
\nMy number one is Picasso. My work is all over the place, his work was a little all over the place, you know with ceramics and by the people who came into his life. He’s the greatest painter of all them. I also love Francis bacon and Maya Hayuck.<\/p>\n
\n@jeremypenn<\/a><\/p>\n