Jenna Cahn

New Sketch Work

Space

Time

Time Moves in One Direction and Memory Another

Oil and glitter

36 x 36 inches

2014

Oil and glitter

16 x 12 inches

2016

Separated

Oil and glitter

42x 36 inches

2014

Time is the Longest Distance Between Two Places

Oil and glitter

36 x 42 inches

2014

"One Day"

Oil and glitter

9 x 12 inches

2015

Portraits

Spiros

Oil

9 x 12 inches

2014

Cal

Oil

11 x 14 inches

2014

Ben

Oil

9 x 12 inches

2014

Mimi

Oil

11 x 14 inches

2016

Memories

Umhlanga Snapshot

Oil

16 x 20 inches

2013

Umhlanga Beach Bums 1993

Charcoal, guache

36 X 42 inches

2013

Twins

Guache

12 x 14 inches

2013

Black

Marilyn

Oil

9 X 12 inches

2011

Marilyn (2)

Oil

16 x 20 inches

2016

Clifton Beach, Cape Town

Oil

16 x 20 inches

2011-2016

Guache and acrylic

16 x 12 inches

2016

rosecream

Guache and acrylic

11 x 14 inches

2016

Interconnected Disconnect II

Guache and acrylic

20 x 16 inches

2016

Interconnected Disconnect

Oil

24 X 20 inches

2011

Hide in Your Shell

Oil

9 X 12 inches

2011

Waiting

Oil

11 X 14 inches

2013

Love

Guache

9 X 12 inches

2012

Candle in the Rain

Guache

8 X 14 inches

2011

Smile Like You Mean It

Acrylic

8 X 14 inches

2011

Rooted Love

Guache, acrylic

11 X 14 inches

2011

Perception

Thing aren't always as they seem to be...

These five portraits are a study on perception. My work has to do with the human psyche and how each individual perceives the world.

Memories from the past shape our future subconsciously.

It is not so much that we change, but that we grow, and therefore perceive things differently as we get older.

Every seven years our cells are replaced by new cells. Does this mean we become a completely new person? Does this mean we forget everything from our previous seven years? Everyone is different. All of us have had experiences that have shaped the way we view certain situations and the people around us. We will never know the depth of what an individual is thinking or what one might be feeling, even if they were to describe it to us. Our thoughts, feelings, intentions, and memories are a complex network deep within our heart and brain. The same picture shown to two different people, depending on their experiences, can make one happy and the other sad. We will never know whether two people that look at the same object, will see or feel the same way.

I am near sighted, therefore wear glasses. With this project, I painted a series of portraits of the same person. I literally show you the way in which I see. For all paintings, I did not wear my glasses. The first portrait of Alex was painted from life. He sat about four feet away from me. For the second portrait of Alex, I took the first painting and placed it about seven feet away from me. I used the first painting as a model for my second painting. For the third portrait, I took the second painting and placed it, once again, seven feet away from me, and then painted what I saw on the new canvas. I repeated this process for the fourth and fifth paintings.

As you can see, my eyesight is equvialent to a distant memory; it is there but not as sharp.

Alexander

Oil

18 X 24 inches

2014

Alexander II

Oil

9 X 12 inches

2014

Alexander III

Oil

9 X 12 inches

2014

Alexander IV

Acrylic

11 X 14 inches

2014

Alexander V

Acrylic

11 X 14 inches

2014

Abstract

The Kiss

Acrylic, Guache

20 x 20 inches

2016

Childhood

Acrylic, guache, pan pastel, primsa color pencil

25 X 20 inches

2010

Transformed

Oil

11 X 14 inches

2014

"It's like this...All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life you're green."