Jennifer Bock-Nelson Original Art - "Origin & Exile"
Stunning original artwork by Quincy-based artist Jennifer Bock-Nelson. This piece measures 30" x 40" and is oil on cradled basswood panel. From the Finding Space Series: Within the cosmos, my presence is negligible. Yet, there is something human about the need to reiterate one’s existence. Documents of who we are and where we are abound. Information and visual stimuli flood our days and overwhelm our senses. Technology provides a platform for storing images we feel compelled to capture but rarely revisit. The world spins and is subject to time and its inhabitants. In the narrow realm that is now, my work both utilizes and reacts to the inundation of technology as I gaze upon, record, and preserve invisible fragments of the changing world. About Origin and Exile: The reference image was an aerial photo by the Sally Ride EarthKAM satellite over Egypt, specifically the Al-Fayoum Oasis. When perusing satellite images, I look at the image and not the location. I want to record a splice