32 × 44 in framed — white wash moulding with a 1½ in textured liner.
Don't Worry, Beach Happy
Hand-cut and torn paper, paint, and leaf · Under the Palms
From across the room it reads as one picture. Up close it comes apart into hundreds of pieces of cut and torn paper.
The original has found its home
Signed giclée prints
Edition of 125 · what's a giclée?Every print is made to order — printed in Sarasota, lacquered, framed and signed by Jennifer. Allow 3–4 weeks, depending on the season.
Questions about sizing or the wall? Send Jennifer a note.
The story
I wanted to create a piece that used some of the hibiscus and coastal flowers Ive used in the Beautiful But Brief series, and incorporate them into a coastal scene. Some are right up close to the picture plane, to suggest more space in the piece. I used flower paper in the palm fronds too, to add a little pop to the towering tree. I recently found some papers that were the perfect colors and had little veins of gold metallic running through them, and I love to use those papers in water. They look as if the sun is shinning and reflecting on the waves. There are also papers with patterns that have some yellows, corals and pinks near the horizon line, that echo some of the colors in the palm, and just help those colors to kind of dance around the piece. This is just a peaceful, colorful place out of my imagination. Bobby Mc Ferrin wrote the popular reggae song "Dont Worry, Be Happy”. Its such a charming and simple phrase, so I changed it a bit, to offer the idea to not worry, and let the beach make you happy!
Three ways to own this piece
What's a giclée? →- One of one
The original. Has found its home with a collector.
- Edition of 125
The signed giclée print— what's in the cart above. A fine-art archival print of the original, signed and numbered by Jennifer, finished with a raised varnish so it hangs without glass. Framed or canvas.
- In between
A hand-embellished print — a signed print Jennifer collages over again by hand, so no two are the same. Mostly at the shows. Ask what's available →
- Signed by Jennifer
- Ready to hang — no glass needed
- From the studio in Sarasota
At home
Where Don't Worry, Beach Happy lives.
Real rooms, sent in by the people who live with this piece. See every room →
Still deciding
It is almost always the size, not the piece.
Send Jennifer the width of the wall and she will tell you which size sits right on it — she talks people through this every weekend at the booth.
Ask about Don't Worry, Beach Happy