28 × 48 in framed — white wash moulding with a 1½ in textured liner.
Happy Feet
Hand-cut and torn paper, paint, and leaf · Under the Sea
From across the room it reads as one picture. Up close it comes apart into hundreds of pieces of cut and torn paper.
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
Many times, I’ve been referred to as the “Octopus Artist”. I got on a real kick of making these! They’ve been so enjoyable that I’ve made them in many different compositions and colors. The elegance and playfulness of their tentacles are fun to layer, and wind around each other and the canvas. While making the octopus Ringo Starr, I learned that Octopus pick up shiny objects while they travel along the ocean floor and put these sparkly items in piles or “gardens”, as Ringo wrote. So I thought it was fitting to add sparkling paper and gems to all my octopus tentacles. Happy Feet is one of those that presents a little mystery, just a suggestion of an exquisite sea creature. This piece is also more refined color-wise, with very soft sea foam greens, some teals and turquoise and shades of gray and white, so It can go in more formal rooms like a dining area. Also the Octopuses are popular bathroom art, as they are serene and calming in watery settings. I adorn the tentacles with pearls and crystals so when you look at Happy Feet, you’ll notice the ornamental quality. It looks as if it’s shining and reflecting light, a little fancier than your average Octopus!
Three ways to own this piece
What's a giclée? →- One of one
The original. Ask Jennifer whether the original is still available.
- 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
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 Happy Feet