Comments on Of Cabbages and Kings: Will Paint for Food

hey im surprised by your paintings. its full of ex...

2010-01-20T08:21:53.996-05:00

hey im surprised by your paintings. its full of expression..

ScrewDestiny- Heh, thanks. It's a fun outlet, ...

2010-01-14T16:13:24.776-05:00

ScrewDestiny- Heh, thanks. It's a fun outlet, anyway, even if it does still need work.

Alice- The trick is to choose your veggies carefully... preferably something you have no desire to eat. :)

Nipsy- A half-eaten doughnut, you say... actually, yes. That DOES sound like me. Mmmm.... doughy!

Mr. Loser- That sounds pretty entertaining, actually! I appreciate the quirky take on art. Thanks for stopping by!

Funny and too true. The locals have gotten me to ...

2010-01-14T15:58:25.985-05:00

Funny and too true. The locals have gotten me to submit some #2 hack-a-ramas into a few shows -- including one of Pittburgh's favorite #7 as, ah, the Jesus of Suburbia (apologies to Green Day). It's silly fun seeing your own idiocy on an art gallery's walls. Glad I found your site. Keep writing, I'll be reading.

Its not a shell, its a half eaten donut that you w...

2010-01-14T13:23:09.247-05:00

Its not a shell, its a half eaten donut that you weren't willing to share!!

Alright, so thats my idea early in the morning after only one cup o' joe..

They are cute though...

Hey - I actually like the black and blue veggie on...

2010-01-14T04:53:15.451-05:00

Hey - I actually like the black and blue veggie one!

Haha! Your art is much better than anything I cou...

2010-01-14T01:57:10.250-05:00

Haha! Your art is much better than anything I could do. I like the first rose painting, too.

Life's Highway- Would this be a family portrai...

2010-01-13T17:43:30.695-05:00

Life's Highway- Would this be a family portrait, or just random gnomage? :)

Leeuna- Yes, but you also like dogs playing poker. :) Seriously, though, I'm glad you like it even if it is a bit wonky. It was after art class I realized my stem issue.

Me-Me- Ah, thank you kindly. I love the shape of artichokes. They just look like Doctor Seuss food.

JD- Methinks you over-estimate my Skillz here, but thanks. And yes-- that MUST be a bagel. He probably has Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese on it. Remember those angel ads a few years ago? Angels dig a good nosh. :)

Oh, my gosh. You write (well and funnily) and you ...

2010-01-13T15:31:02.048-05:00

Oh, my gosh. You write (well and funnily) and you PAINT too? Get out of here!

I do love the moody blue pepper. Is that the color peppers turn after green and before black?

Clearly the cherub at the top is holding a half-eaten bagel.

Wow, Jenn, you are so very talented!!! I absolute...

2010-01-13T15:14:04.232-05:00

Wow, Jenn, you are so very talented!!! I absolutely love "Moody Blue Pepper Amid Monochrome Eggplant and Artichoke", I think it's wonderful.

Personally I like the dogs playing poker painted o...

2010-01-13T15:03:34.175-05:00

Personally I like the dogs playing poker painted on black velvet rather than the Elvis ones. :)

Srsly, I like the four roses even though the one is stemless. It kinda spoke to me. Good work Jenn.

I would like to commission a garden gnome on black...

2010-01-13T13:52:04.410-05:00

I would like to commission a garden gnome on black velvet because I am pretty sure gnome-y colors will work in my den.

Janine- Woo-hoo! That's right! I believe it...

2010-01-13T12:44:17.495-05:00

Janine- Woo-hoo! That's right! I believe it's Dyann Cannon who collects bad clown art. Gosh, the sky's just the limit with this! :)

Well many celebs collect bad art, like Ellen DeGen...

2010-01-13T12:40:48.038-05:00

Well many celebs collect bad art, like Ellen DeGeneres for example.

So there you go. More possibilities.

ShieldMaiden- I'd be wholly new to that partic...

2010-01-13T12:20:08.109-05:00

ShieldMaiden- I'd be wholly new to that particular genre, but should the mood strike, I'll let you know immediately. :)

I suppose I should also make myself available for cat portraits-- another genre of Timeless Taste and Style-- should Seamus wish to ever be immortalized her in craft store acrylics. :)

Just putting my dibs right now on anything in the ...

2010-01-13T12:14:37.418-05:00

Just putting my dibs right now on anything in the future that you paint that involves Elvis.

Joel- Well, the roses give a temporary illusion of...

2010-01-13T10:44:37.481-05:00

Joel- Well, the roses give a temporary illusion of being okay... until you really start looking at them and see they are blobs with unnatural shadows. And not True Art Blobs, in an Impressionist way, either. :) I wasn't going to question your Gnome Purchasing Habits. :)

Deray- Macaulay Culkin I can see. And currently that cherub is now home alone. Maybe I'd better check up on him.

And regarding the flower heads-- heh, you caught that about the same time I did. I just proofed the thing and thought, "Wait a minute..." Thanks for the heads-up... literally. :)

Something else, I don't know about you but I s...

2010-01-13T10:36:06.118-05:00

Something else, I don't know about you but I see 4 rose heads and 3 stems in the first still-life painting :-P

Anyone else sees a young Maculay Culkin in the las...

2010-01-13T10:34:49.874-05:00

Anyone else sees a young Maculay Culkin in the last one? Awesome hair, by the way, jajajajaja. As usual Jenn, you cracked me up, good start of my day, thanks!

I don't know art (or any people named Art, for...

2010-01-13T10:32:27.389-05:00

I don't know art (or any people named Art, for that matter), but I like your paintings. I particularly like the roses. The best I'm capable of are stick figures that aren't even recognizable as stick figures.

Before you ask, I don't own any lawn gnomes (or pictures of Elvis on black velvet). I probably still wouldn't own any lawn gnomes if I lived in a house with a yard rather than a condominium without one.

Jaffer- Ah, you're too sweet. You need new gla...

2010-01-13T10:19:02.306-05:00

Jaffer- Ah, you're too sweet. You need new glasses. But you're sweet.

Unfinished Dude- Hm... Maybe he feels the conch shells pain? I actually copied the cherub off of something else, (which probably didn't look much more like a conch shell) so I don't have any bigger symbolism to share. Maybe he was assisting Venus at one point. Cupids did that.

Why is the Baby Bill Clinton holding up the conch ...

2010-01-13T10:16:05.742-05:00

Why is the Baby Bill Clinton holding up the conch shell to his boob? Is it some sort of allegorical thing that I'm not getting? Maybe Moooog could explain. I know there was a conch shell in Lord of the Flies that meant something...maybe work from there. ;)

Ah ! But you are good. All the best when you do de...

2010-01-13T10:11:15.782-05:00

Ah ! But you are good. All the best when you do decide to sell !

Jaffer- I do paint, though as you can see, not wel...

2010-01-13T10:01:33.705-05:00

Jaffer- I do paint, though as you can see, not well. The paintings shown here are mine, but no, I haven't tried to sell any. I was just really amused when I went to this show to find how excited people got over this general style of not-really-accomplished art.

Still early in the morning for me - but you pullin...

2010-01-13T09:33:38.650-05:00

Still early in the morning for me - but you pulling my leg by saying that you paint too and you sold a few pieces at an art sale by posting it on your humour blog ?

The roses are beautiful.

Mooog- Ha-- you know, you're right!

2010-01-13T09:17:38.414-05:00

Mooog- Ha-- you know, you're right!