Minding the Beasts while Polishing Pearls- KP Projects Gallery 2022
“This new body of paintings was born in a still moment in time, one where the entire world slowed down. Where my home, that we call “The Birdsnest”, and the garden around it became my whole world for a time.
Nature always informs my artwork, and I was lucky enough to enjoy that nature just outside my door, in the garden of beautiful trees, plants and flowers shared with squirrels and crows, song birds, bees and butterflies. At some point during this creative journey I feel like I packed up some of those outside inspirations and dragged them into The Birdsnest with me and a dialog between interior and exterior began.
I like to line my inside "nest" with curiosities and talismans, symbols, images, patterns and handmade objects. Having a lot of visual information inspires me. I like to set up tableaux between objects inside, so new relationships and meanings can unfold before my eyes.
The evolution of “Minding the Beasts while Polishing Pearls” happened within the backdrop of my interior world when the exterior garden where my creatures often live inserted itself, and a marriage of the two was formed.”
– Jennybird Alcantara

Ode to the Birdsnest
oil on wood- 38x50 inches, 2021/2022

Minding the Beasts
oil on wood, 30x36 inches, 2021/2022

Cabinet of her Familiars
oil on wood, 30x36 inches, 2021/2022

Delights in the Garden
oil on wood, 30x 36 inches, 2021/2022

Pleasant Dreams
oil on wood, 30 x 36 inches, 2021/2022

Pearl Diver
oil on wood, 30 x 26 inches, 2021/2022
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Valentine
oil on wood, 34 x 28 inches, 2021/2022

Fragile
oil on wood, 36 x 19 inches , 2021/2022

Anatomy of a Lamb
oil on archival 300lb hot press paper, 28.75 x 21.25 inches, 2021/2022

Anatomy of a Fox
oil on archival 300lb hot press paper, 28.5 x 21.25 inches, 2021/2022

Ghost
oil on archival 300lb hot press paper, 29 x 22 inches, 2021/2022

Anatomy of a Deer
oil and acrylic on archival 300lb hot press paper, 29 x 21.25 inches, 2021/2022

Queen of All She Surveys
oil on archival 300lb hot press paper, 21.25 x 14 inches, 2021/2022

Alligator Dears
oil on hand-cut archival 300lb hot press paper, vintage lace, glass beads, vintage wallpaper, thread, 19 x 17.5, 2022

Bunny Reverie
oil on hand-cut archival 300lb hot press paper, vintage wallpaper, thread
21 x 19 inches, 2022



Fairy legs 1, 2 and 3
oil on hand-cut 300 lb hot press paper, thread,
9 x 12 inches each, 2022

Chimera
oil , acrylic gouache on hand-cut archival 300lb hot press paper, vintage lace, glass beads, vintage wallpaper, thread, 18 x 14, 2022

Love Lies Bleeding
oil and acrylic gouache on archival 300 lb hand-cut hot press paper,
vintage wallpaper, thread, glass beads, 14.75 x 11.25, 2022