• Jennifer Worsley

    Pastels

    Little Cottonwood Creek in May
    Clouds and Granite, Near Alta
    Little Cottonwood Canyon in May
    New Meadows Sunset in August
    Little Cottonwood Creek in October
    July Afternoon--Jackson
    Big Cottonwood Creek in October
    Big Cottonwood Creek--Late October
    September Sunset--Great Salt Lake
    Big Cottonwood Creek, Early November
    Late Winter--Grandeur Peak
    Big Cottonwood Canyon With Clouds
    Big Cottonwood Creek in May
    Big Cottonwood Canyon in September
    September Sunset--McCall
    Little Cottonwood Canyon in September
    August Evening--Mormon Lake
    Little Cottonwood Creek in September
    July Sunset--McCall
    Jughandle Mountain in Summer

  • Drawings

    The Waterfall
    Little Cottonwood Rocks
    Rocks at Kaaterskill Falls
    Rocks Above the Falls
    Morning At Kaaterskill Falls

  • Woodblock Prints

    My woodblock prints are made using water based inks applied to the block with brushes, a technique used in the Japanese printmaking tradition. A lot of planning and experimenting goes into making a woodblock print, and the process involves many separate steps. For me this is an interesting contrast to the immediacy and spontaneity of working in pastel.

    Clouds Over the Palouse - $375
    Stream on a Late Summer Afternoon - $675
    Salt Lake Valley With Snow - $500
    Summer Clouds Over Antelope Island - $275
    Summer on Payette Lake - $450
    Sunset on the Payette River - $165
    River on a Summer Morning - $500
    Summertime Foothills - $275
    Moonrise Before Sunset - $275
    Keys Sunset - $185
    River Delta At 30,000 Feet - $425
    Fall Light on the Stream - $350
    Highway In the Desert - $375
    Clouds and Moonrise - $225
    Canyonlands Dusk - $165
    Shadows on the Uintas - $350
    Summer Afterglow on the Great Salt Lake - $350
    New Meadows Dusk - $375
    Late Summer Sunset at Saltair - $400
    Dusk in the Mountains - $125
    Guardsman's Under September Clouds - $300
    The Waterfall - $600
    Winter Sunset on the Lake - $325
    The River in October - $675
    View Around the Bend - $225
    Parley's Canyon - $250
    July Sunset - $200
    Morning Clouds - $400
    August Evening - $375
    Mountain Valley Road - $125
    Mountains In Summer - $175
    Canyon With Summer Clouds - $350

  • Moku hanga is a Japanese method of woodblock printmaking. It is water based, and brushes are used to apply pigment to the woodblock. A starch paste, traditionally made from rice, is also used to manipulate the pigment texture. The technique allows for subtle transparent layers of color.

     

    This photo shows the eight carved blocks used for my print "Mountain Valley Road". Each layer of color adds a different dimension to the image. The interaction of paper, wood, and water in moku hanga lends itself to printing by hand. This is what I do with all my prints, using a baren, which is a Japanese rubbing tool designed specifically for woodblock printing. Photos of this printing process are here.

     

    Many of my prints are made using a reduction technique, which involves printing the woodblock in one color, then carving areas of the block away, and printing over top of the first layer in a new color, revealing the carved areas as I go. This continues until I have the final image, often a process of fifteen or more colors and carving stages.

    With this reduction technique, my edition size (generally between ten and thirty prints) must be decided in advance, because the block is carved away in the process and the design can not be reprinted.

     

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  • Bio


    Education:

     

    Hudson River Fellowship, New York, NY. 2009

    The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. 1998-1999

    Boston University School for the Arts, Boston, MA. BFA, 1996

     

    Gallery Exhibitions:

     

    2016 Solo Exhibit at the Town Club, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2014 "Water" - Solo Exhibit at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2013 Solo Exhibit at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2013 "LIKE" - Group Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

     

    2011 Group Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA

     

    2010 Works On Paper - Group Exhibition. 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2008 "Rivers and Sunsets" - Solo Exhibit, Pickett Fairbanks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2006 "Pastels and Woodcuts" - Solo Exhibit, Pickett Fairbanks Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2005 River Pastels. Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

     

    2003 "River Pastels" - Solo Exhibit, Chroma Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

     

     

    Awards:

     

    Park City Art Festival, "Best of Show - Printmaking" 2017

     

    Sun Valley Art Festival "Best of Printmaking" 2013, 2014, 2017

     

    Park City Art Festival, "Best of Show - Drawing" 2015

     

    St. George Art Festival "1st Place - Printmaking" 2015, 2016

     

     

    Art Festivals:

     

    Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT. 2001, 2003-2017


    Park City Art Festival, Park City, UT. 2001-2005, 2007-2017

     

    Sun Valley Arts and Crafts Festival, Ketchum, ID. 2013-2017

     

    Art in the High Desert, Bend, OR. 2013, 2015-2017

     

    St. George Art Festival, St. George, UT. 2015-2017

     

    Sonoma Plein Air Art Festival, Sonoma, CA. 2009-2011


    Bistro 45 Courtyard Show, McCall, ID. 2007-2010


    Art Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY. 2006-2008


    Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL. 2003-2005

     

     

     

     

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