40 × 32 in framed — white wash moulding with a 1½ in textured liner.
Ringo Starr
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
I’ve been referred to many times as the “Octopus Artist”. I get a real kick out of making these and they’ve been so enjoyable I’ve made them in many different compositions and colors. The elegance and playfulness of their tentacles are fun to layer, wind around each other and the canvas. Ringo Starr was a Beatle, and the famous song “Octopus’s Garden” was one of the few songs that Ringo both wrote and played. The story goes that the song came about when Starr was on a boat belonging to comedian Peter Sellers in Sardinia in 1968. The boat's captain told Starr about how octopuses travel along the sea bed picking up stones, crustacean shells, sea glass, bottle caps and other shiny objects which they place into piles building “gardens”. It seemed fitting to add sparkling paper and gems to all my octopus tentacles. The papers used in its tentacles are from sheet music and lyrics to this song, and are mixed in with warm colors - more golds, oranges and bronzes. An interesting little fact is that octopus have three hearts, and if you examine Ringo Starr closely, you’ll find three hidden hearts in his tentacles! This can be a nice partner to Wiggle Room, as the water is more blue and less green. These Octopus fit in with any coastal decor, and are especially popular bathroom art, as they are serene and calming in watery settings.
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 Ringo Starr