Portfolio: Still Life

In her STILL LIFE work, Mimi Jensen presents an often playful mix of everyday objects. She selects her subjects from a variety of sources — her collection of thrift-store finds, the ripe, colorful fruits found at farmers markets, almost any happened-upon object that intrigues her. With a photographer's eye for composition, she arranges and re-arranges these objects until the rhythm feels right. With great attention to detail, she paints these objects life-size from an orthographic perspective. By spotlighting her subjects "on stage" she asks the viewer to notice them as much as she does, to look at their texture and color and shape, and how they interplay. The allure of the still life revived in 2003, inspired by a workshop with the artist John Morra, and it continues to be her joy and her challenge. More recently, she fulfilled a dream of spending an entire week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This resulted in an on-going series of paintings, "A Week at the Met," exhibited for the first time in 2010.

Title:Swirl
Year:©2011
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 12"
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Title:Family Reunion II  
Year:©2011
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (American Beauty)  
Year:©2011
Medium:Oil on Linen
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:Evolution  
Year:©2011
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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Title:Week at the Met (In the Garden with Matisse)  
Year:©2011
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (5th Avenue)
Year:©2008
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (Midnight Supper)  
Year:©2010
Medium:Oil on Linen
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (with Mondrian and Madame X)
Year:©2008
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (Painters in Paris)  
Year:©2009
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:18" x 24"
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Title:A Week at the Met (Splurge)
Year:©2009
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:A Week at the Met (Lunch with Andy and Marilyn)
Year:©2010
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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Title:Insalata  
Year:©2009
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:The Blues  
Year:©2010
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:American Idol
Year:©2010
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 12"
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Title:Spring
Year:©2010
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 12"
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Title:Love Letter  
Year:©2006
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:22" x 28"
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Title:Indulgence
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:18" x 24"
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Title:The Jester  
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:16" x 20"
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Title:Midwinter II  
Year:©2006
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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Title:Cocktails with Picasso
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:18" x 24"
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Title:Parisian
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:10" x 20"
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Title:Moonlight
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:18" x 24"
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Title:Winter Garden
Year:©2007
Medium:Oil on Canvas
Size:12" x 20"
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