jennifer emery

2011-09-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Holidays and sweet, sweet dreams.

2010-12-14T14:38:00.000-08:00

Cropped interior spread from "Christmas Gifts".

Highlights Founder's Workshop - "Butler in Spring"

2010-06-15T09:10:00.000-07:00

A tri-color Border Collie mix - turns completely black in the spring mud down in the swampy waters that feed into the Mississippi. Translates into one happy dog. (See toes.)

Butler in Winter

2010-06-14T19:10:00.000-07:00

2009-11-21T11:53:00.000-08:00

Pen on typing paper. Board stiff.

2009-10-17T16:13:00.000-07:00

Had some time on my hands, some typing paper in my bag and a fountain pen. I might expand on the dog theme. Butler is a very talented creature.

2009-10-15T05:29:00.001-07:00

In Love

2008-12-04T11:17:00.000-08:00

A new piece.

2008-10-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

Bunny with Turds

2008-09-05T12:00:00.001-07:00

Butler's first day home.

2008-08-31T10:37:00.001-07:00

2008-06-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

To whomever this picture is copyrighted to, thanks. And thanks to Patrick for the lift on a crappy day.

2007-10-12T17:51:00.000-07:00

Here we are again. Yeah, PBAA!

2007-10-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

Some fellow PBAAer's. I was in the loo I guess.

2007-10-11T17:57:00.000-07:00

We're too sexy for this ranch.

2007-10-11T17:56:00.000-07:00

Laura Jacobsen and myself. Let's hear it for Cabin #9!

2007-10-11T17:53:00.000-07:00

Barry Gott and myself (I'm the one in the red.)

2007-10-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

2007-10-03T19:31:00.001-07:00

2007-06-06T09:38:00.001-07:00

New sketch.

2007-05-31T04:18:00.000-07:00

A sketch of my dog Butler from way back in January. Just found it while looking for some unused Graphics 360. Jen

2007-05-22T13:20:00.001-07:00

A doodle.

Not quite the season.

2006-11-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

Not quite time for handing off holiday gifts but you'd never know it here. The temp today started at 19 degrees and is now 37. At least it's above freezing...but not much. Jen

More Butler...

2006-10-13T11:15:00.000-07:00

Some more photos of our pride and joy, Butler. Boy does he love the dog park.
Jen

Butler!

2006-10-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

2006-09-18T06:46:00.000-07:00

New photo of Butler and myself taken in August.
J

Back from the dead.

2006-08-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
Back from the dead and posting again. This piece is owned in every way possible by Scholastic. Don't even think about clipping/using any part of this image.

Thanks for visiting. More to come soon -I promise.

Jen

2006-06-09T08:19:00.000-07:00

2006-05-12T21:27:00.000-07:00

I used to have three rabbits. Fezzik; my sweetest, Nubby; my girl and George;from the Hawaiian islands. This sketch is of Nubby-who missed a hind foot (hence the name...). She and Fezzik would sit under my drawing table and I would sketch them on bits of scratch paper when I needed a break-or when they were doing something particularly cute. This is a particularly cute moment for Nubby, cleaning her nub right under my feet.
Jen

2006-05-08T14:40:00.000-07:00

An image from my latest poetry book, "Moving Day". It's not been cleaned up yet but it illustrates how I've been feeling lately so well I'm putting it up anyway. Jen

2006-03-31T17:08:00.000-08:00

I just updated my art on Picture Book's website. You can view the new offerings by using the link to the right. This may be the only really new piece I have up. The original sketch features a more obcene hand gesture from the girl on the left. (The sketch has her giving the finger.) I was having a crappy day at the drawing board and just couldn't bring myself to draw one more freakishly happy child-so this drawing was born. It's good to have the edited version around for promo. It gives me a little pleasure to know that this bad little girl gets me paying work-without corrupting any young minds that happen across it. (Is the finger even considered risky with kids now-a-days?)

2006-03-31T07:57:00.000-08:00

I have been having a bit of "artist's block" lately. Can't seem to draw a thing. So I put away my current job this morning and just did some hand sketches. Allowed myself make some mistakes-letting my mind and body go on auto pilot. It helped a lot and I am now back to working on my current job. The above is one of the pages.
Jen

2006-03-26T07:16:00.000-08:00

Above is the cover for my latest book to be released this fall called, Moving Day, written by Ralph Fletcher and being published by Boyds Mills Press. It is, as you've noticed, sans text. My patience this morning is short and I couldn't get it to transfer from the pdf the first time - so I quit. The art is what I'm trying to show anyway. grrrr
Jen

2006-03-24T17:54:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm back. Have been sick over the last couple of weeks and just not up to posting. Am still working on my craft book series with Boyds Mills Press. It's going well but slowly.

I am posting an oil painting I made this year. Obviously, it's a hand. My hand. It hangs on my living room wall and livens up the room in a creepy sort of way. I like hands as the subjects of portraits though. They can be as or more expressive than faces.

Have linked my illustration website to a new promotional website recently (today.) The website is at: http://www.millionpixelimage.com

You'll have to find my squares to use the link. I'm close to the top and just off center to the right. I bought two squares stacked vertical. Will be interesting to see if it gets me any new traffic.

Thanks for reading and looking. Jen

2006-03-09T13:26:00.000-08:00

Here is another piece from my new book Moving Day, written by Ralph Fletcher and being published by Boyds Mills Press.

2006-03-08T14:09:00.000-08:00

In loving memory of my grandfather,

Earl W. Hall

July 20, 1914
to
February 26, 2006

2006-02-11T11:53:00.000-08:00

A painting of my dog, Butler. Acrylics on canvas paper. I made this last night at a painting party hosted by my friend, Erin. Thanks Erin!
Jen

2006-02-08T07:10:00.000-08:00

2006-01-25T10:41:00.000-08:00

2006-01-23T13:38:00.000-08:00

2006-01-19T13:03:00.000-08:00

2006-01-18T12:44:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I started knitting in 2005. I made this cellphone cosy on a flight from Austin tx back to Minneapolis. It's wool with an antique button.

2006-01-16T15:58:00.000-08:00

2006-01-15T10:17:00.000-08:00

2006-01-14T07:09:00.000-08:00

Another new piece. I've not displayed this anywhere yet (although it will soon be added to my website.) It's watercolor wash with pencil drawn over top. I am currently working on a poetry book in this technique.

2006-01-13T08:33:00.000-08:00

More sketches of Butler sleeping on the kitchen floor. I did this on a piece of typing paper, which is why you can see the sketches on the reverse side. Love the shape of his mouth at the corners where it folds over so fat and soft.

2006-01-12T07:29:00.000-08:00

Okay, I lied about having time to put new sketches up anytime soon. While dinner was being made this weekend Mr. Butler took a nap. I couldn't resist.

2006-01-06T08:10:00.000-08:00

Another bw line image from my archive. The original painting of this image can be found in "I Heard a Bluebird Sing". A collection of poems by Aileen Fisher and edited by Bernice E. Cullinan, published in 2002 by Boyds Mills Press. It was my first book with Boyds Mills and filled with good experience as it was also one of the first full books I illustrated. Thanks to Tim Gillner for saving my samples and thinking of me!

2006-01-05T15:43:00.000-08:00

A rhino. I'm pulling these from my archive of bw animal line art. I have a ton of them and I'm sure I'll get to share quite a few with you.

Starting last month and on through all of 2006 I will be working on a series of craft books for Boyds Mills Press. The first two have a very tight deadline, so I don't expect to have any new art-even sketches for the next month or two. I will continue to post fresh pieces from my archive of samples.

As for the craft books, the art is simple and colorful so I am perfectly happy to let them take over for a while.

2006-01-01T11:17:00.000-08:00

A rabbit.

2005-12-30T14:37:00.000-08:00

Another watercolor and pencil piece. I love doing these little illos. They don't take nearly the time that my full watercolors do and so keep their "freshness". Instant gratification, mmmmm.

2005-12-29T14:57:00.000-08:00

Here's a detail of that last painting. I painted this piece last spring, finally using one of the many faerie drawings in my sketch book. They seldom make it to the color phase in my work - always passed up for something closer to reality.

2005-12-29T08:47:00.000-08:00

Here's a color sample that's never made it to my website. Maybe this spring.

2005-12-22T14:18:00.000-08:00

Just something from the vault. Am busy with work, dog and Christmas. It's been a good year.

2005-12-21T09:07:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted in a while. Here's the reason why. His name is Butler.

2005-12-07T09:57:00.000-08:00

I started knitting this year-who hasn't? Here are some doodles I made with knitting on my mind.

2005-12-02T17:04:00.000-08:00

Our dog could fly. For real.

2005-12-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

Some sketches I made today while waiting for my scanner to finish. The little girl on the right was inspired by my sister who thought of wearing Christmas stockings on her feet. They're socks-socks go on feet. Very smart.

2005-11-30T15:14:00.000-08:00

A sketch for one of the paintings on my website. I don't always add value to my sketches, more often they are just line drawings.

2005-11-29T08:13:00.000-08:00

Here's a new piece in watercolor and pencil- a little different than the bright watercolors in my online portfolio.