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
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| Year: | ©2011 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 12" |
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| Title: | Family Reunion II
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| Year: | ©2011 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | A Week at the Met (American Beauty)
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| Year: | ©2011 |
| Medium: | Oil on Linen |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Evolution
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| Year: | ©2011 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Week at the Met (In the Garden with Matisse)
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| Year: | ©2011 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | A Week at the Met (5th Avenue)
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| Year: | ©2008 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | A Week at the Met (Midnight Supper)
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| 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)
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| Year: | ©2008 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | A Week at the Met (Painters in Paris)
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| Year: | ©2009 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 18" x 24" |
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| Title: | A Week at the Met (Splurge)
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| 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)
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| Year: | ©2010 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Insalata
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| Year: | ©2009 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | The Blues
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| Year: | ©2010 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | American Idol
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| Year: | ©2010 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 12" |
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| Title: | Spring
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| Year: | ©2010 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 12" |
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| Title: | Love Letter
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 22" x 28" |
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| Title: | Indulgence
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 18" x 24" |
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| Title: | The Jester
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Midwinter II
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Cocktails with Picasso
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 18" x 24" |
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| Title: | Parisian
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 10" x 20" |
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| Title: | Moonlight
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 18" x 24" |
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| Title: | Winter Garden
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Lemonade
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 24" |
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| Title: | Passages
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Morning Kisses
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| Year: | ©2007 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Life
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 10" x 20" |
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| Title: | Montecristo
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Sepia Dream II
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Caffe
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| Year: | ©2006 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Sweet Tooth
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| Year: | ©2005 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Gin is from Juniper
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| Year: | ©2005 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Hot
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Workshop
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| Year: | ©2003 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Ada's Tomatoes
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| Year: | ©2003 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 10" x 20" |
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| Title: | A Toast to Dorothy P.
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| Year: | ©2003 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Limoncello
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| Year: | ©2003 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 10" x 20" |
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| Title: | Family Reunion
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 10" x 20" |
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| Title: | Marco Polo
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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| Title: | Garden Party
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Mrs. Berry's Roses
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 16" x 20" |
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| Title: | Splash
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| Year: | ©2004 |
| Medium: | Oil on Canvas |
| Size: | 12" x 20" |
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