Artomatic 2009

Annual Art Festival showcasing local artists from the DMV (DC, MD, VA) area! Lotta great stuff this year!

busy little bee

I've been doing a lot of running around lately! Attending a slew of art shows/festivals and checking out my fav bands! Here are some pics of my latest adventures!

The lovely Maimouna Youssef performing at Ebenezer's Coffeehouse in DC for their Art Unplugged artist showcase.
July 2009

Update 2009

SO here is an update since I've last posted:

2008: ch-ch-ch-changes!

-More Volunteering
-Wrapped up undergrad
-Started grad school
-got my own place
-developed more as an artist

Let's see what's up in 2009!!

teeheehee, turkey day is almost here!

Since I haven't had enought time to blog really, here go a few words and thoughts that can sum up this semester so far :)

Starting in random order: some stuff i'll mention and some stuff i'll live out because not everything is for public access (grin)

-Death: mother's friend passing away
-Birth: Babies, and more babies, (including the birth of my sisters and friends)
-faced with a tough decision
-Trying to pass a Math Class
-Exploring feminism
-Getting a little fiesty at a Darfur documentary showing
-Seeing Feist for the second time in concert
-Missing Mutemath in concert for the first time in 2 years
-Having to Confront a psycho girl for stalking me on the internet (insane)
-The building of new relationships and breaking away from old ones
-Seeing new relationships form
-Not painting enough and designing way too much
-Trying to graduate from college
-procrastinating
-liquid libation
-bacon cheeseburgers and mash potatoes
-building a sand castle with a friend
-dancing with old friends and new ones
-ethiopian food
-too much chipotle and not enough sushi
-indian food
-indie dance parties
-leaving an an old pair of earrings at a restauran when new ones were givin to me the same night
-prove it campaign logo
-not spending enough time with my roommates
-spending to much time with a specific someone
-going blind from hours working on my laptop
-preparing to be unemployed after graduation
-soon to be turning 27


that's all for now folks

New Work :) Tribute to Female Musicians AHA!

Alright! Finally I have to some new work to show :) What will it amount to? Who knows...but we'll see where it leads right :)

First of all, the images that I found consist of found images from either the artist websites or from random sites & magazine clippings, but once I found the photos, they were dissected, cut up, re-shaped, colored, etc.

They were completely ripped apart from their original form.



The paintings and the direction for the pieces are all my own...I was definitely driven from the expression and the posing of the portraits that I found... Over all, most of my art is heavily influenced from music (music ranging from different genres)...so it seemed fitting for me to do a mixed media series on my fav female musicians :) I am also heavily driven by color...so if the color seem to strong or visually displeasing or too striking for u...I apologize...That's how I visually translate this days...I am heavily influenced by graffiti so that should answer that...



Wikipedia, defines contemporary art as simply art produced in the present and may be of any genre or movement or style.

blah...I don't know what my work is...or how to define it...or even what to call it...it just is...and i'm addicted...

Featured artists in this series:

-Feist
-Emily Haines
-Bjork
-Corrine Bailey Rae
-Janet Jackson
-Erykah Badu
-Amy Winehouse
-KT Tunstall
-Jaguar Wright
-Gwen Stefani



Future: Nina Simone, Imogen Heap, Sabina :)

Inspiration:
-Feist (her presence @ 9:30 club)
-Bjork's (creative force, she's not afraid to be herself)
-Andy Warhol (need I say more)
-Graffiti (life & color, risks)
-Pop art
-Art Nouveau
-Punk Rock
-Jackson Pollock (his weaknesses and strengths)
-The need to produce...
-The need to go back to New Orleans,
-The need to see Mutemath in concert again :)
-The decrease in certain indulgences :)
(except for chocolate chip cookies)
-Mom's Smile...
-Dad's Laugh...
-Wanting to make my friends and God proud :)

Jen aka JT

To View the entire series and to view more of my work visit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwhitetorres/

Life...in a few words :

saying goodbye to some folks...
moving out of school...
moving back home...(to a house that is for sale) :(
eating my mother's cooking (yum)
moving things outta my bathroom...(the entire house was reupholstered)
moving things from the bathroom, back into my room...
re-arranging my room...
missing some folks...
needing to get my hair cut...
needing to see some folks...(including newborn children)
needing a manicure...
missing some folks...
parents retiring...
open house this weekend (folks are gonna stop by the house)
seeing bloc party in a week (june 3rd)
seeing feist (june 13th)
needing to make money...
going back to school to work :) I already miss SEB :(
missing some folks...
needing to lose weight...
In dire need of liquid libation...
hoping to see some fireworks again this year :)
more junk on the way...

So yes...redbirdmm.com :) this is an amazing site...at times I get bogged down with school work...this is true...but when i got bogged down it gives me time to do idle searching on the internet for inspiration :) this is was site that I found...it's pretty amazing that almost every concert poster is featuring practically every indie artist in my playlist right now :) love at first site...these posters are after my heart...

again... http://www.redbirdmm.com

jt