About Jen



If I were a hairstyle I'd be a mullet: grown up and business like on the surface, cupcakes, noisemakers, and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey behind the scenes.

I grew up in the halcyon days of the '70s and '80s. Some of THE best music came out of those eras, and inspires my work.

Art is cool, imaginative, an escape. Indulging in it offers space to explore that which it conjures... it is both sacred and personal. 

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LIMITED EDITION prints are only available in the sizes listed. Please contact me for custom sizes on all other work.

 

And when you ask your insane journalist friend to write your bio for you...

 

CLASSIFIED/EYES ONLY/YOUBETTERBE007
Jen Shaw, whose real name cannot be pronounced by humans, came to
earth on December 25, 1968 appearing in Edmonton. She has been pursued
by NASA and the European space agency ever since. Her planet of
origin cannot be located using current 21st Century technology and may
not actually exist in this dimension.
Subject to questioning under deep hypnosis - in the presence of
officials from the UN, CIA, Interpol, and the Better Business Bureau -
it was revealed that she travelled to Earth from her homeworld deep in
the Alpha Centari system where she descended from  a species of
hyperintelligent bee who use colours and paints to predict the future.
In addition they have invented  a vehicle for beyond light speed
inter-dimensional travel. Unfortunately the only vehicles on earth
with compatible technology are Indian Scout motorcycles and VW vans.
It is understood that the rulers of her homeworld have a rather nasty
sense of humour.
Upon realizing she had been marooned on a primitive world she started
recording her experiences in a variety of  media. She has been a
photographer, musician and most recently, an artist specializing in
watercolour portraits of pop culture icons - who she believes are
actually the secret rulers of Earth.
She intends to continue documenting her time her on earth until her VW
space vehicle (known in the vernacular as a "Later Loser!)" is fixed.
However, in order to complete the repair she requires a 1981 Betamax
VCR and 15 Kg of plutonium. Both, she has learned recently, are
ridiculously expensive cannot be obtained through current mail order
services.