--- Pin J. Renee ---
About
Pin J. Renee, a northern Duluth resident with an odd fascination for space, nature, and anything pretty.
I work primarily within a 2D digital medium, but frequently enjoy the high contrast + texture of acrylic and even a rare collage.
While visual art may be the visible result, the product or the finish—it is the storytelling behind each of my pieces that truly gives it meaning and always drives me to create more.
pin.j.renee@instagram
CV/Resume
PCAE Exhibitions
All our Dimensions, Reflections, Interjections,
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN,
September 8th- October 28th, 2022
Opening Reception September 8th, 5-7pm
Cooking up in the Stu’ Curriculum Exhibition,
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN,
November 10th- January 20th 2023
Opening Reception: November 10th 5-7pm
2-For-1 Combo Junior Curriculum Exhibition (juniors only)
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN, May 11th- May 30th 2023
Opening reception: Thursday, May 11 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Variations of Self: Exhibition of Studio Arts Summer projects,
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, MN,
Sept 7th-Oct 18th 2023,
Opening Sept 7th, 5-7pm, Dance performances 5:30pm, 6:15pm
Group Exhibitions
MSWC partners with MMCC for the Frozen Force Charity Silent Auction. Jan. 15. 2024
Digital Illustrations
Adejumoke Joden
Digital illustration
4h 40m
2550px . 3300px
Moonlight Predator
Digital illustration
9h 13m
4173px . 3111px
Arizona Mountains
Digital illustration
11h 38m
3024px . 4032px
Jujus, In the End
Digital illustration
34h 41m
3300px . 5100px
Juju, Green Light
Digital illustration
4h 26m
3063px . 2519px
Blue Room
Digital illustration
6h 10m
2802px . 3063px
Virtual Worlds
Digital illustration
6h 50m
2250px . 3450px
Are You Hearing Voices?
Digital illustration
18h 37m
3823px . 5337px
White Flowers
Digital illustration
1h 2m
2400px . 4558px
The Place of Strings
Digital illustration
1h
3300px . 4947px
Janus-Faced
Digital illustration
8h 6m
2160px . 3240px
Blue Flowers
Digital illustration
1h 16m
2400px . 4558px
Shower Frog
Digital illustration
1h 50m
4256px . 5251px
Past/Present
Digital illustration
1h 16m
3232px . 4504px
Magic Light Brush
Digital illustration
2h 18m
3268px . 4070px
Sun-Rays
Digital illustration
5h 58m
2550px . 3300px
By Candlelight
Digital illustration
23h 50m
2271px . 3456px
The Glass Grove
Digital Illustration
17h
Colored Fish
Digital Illustration
1 h
The Forest of Apothenae
Digital Illustration
1 h 30 m
Preditor Illustration
Digital Illustration
5 h
Editorial Exercise; Philopina
Digital Illustration
5 h 50 m
Digital Sketch / Process Works
J. Renfir
Character Sketch
1h 30m
V. Vearon
Character Sketch
1h 30m
N. Tuer
Character sketch
1h 30m
A. Joden
Illustration Sketch
2h
E. Bruzech
White Fabric Model
15m
Y. Bell
White Fabric Model
15m
L Woves
White Fabric Model
15m
V. Venice
White Fabric Model
15m
Lookee
Character Model
1h 30m
Acrylic Work
Series; Bloom
Bloom is a collection of five acrylic paintings done in a series of five weeks over my summer. Each piece is referenced from a flower grown in my Mother’s garden. This collection is about memory as much as it is evolution. The journey of painting a piece every week made me learn from each, much like we learn from our own victories and losses throughout life. When reviewing my time, I see evolution in my experiences. Specific memories stand out as joyous or sad, sometimes a great middle divide that sends life on a different path. These artworks reflect my artistic growth over the summer, struggling with perfection and dancing with impressionism. They show my time, my frustrations, my breakthroughs, and my bloom.
Rose Colored Hearts
This still life is one of the latest additions to my portfolio and one of my favorites. It was the first time I had attempted painting stained glass with acrylic, and though at first I did find it challenging, it soon became very interesting to work with. I really enjoyed painting the crystals on this piece, and by the time I finished, I felt as though I had been painting reflections all my life.
Live Model Painting
Limited Color pallet - Complementary Scheme
A Little Bit of Empathy
Self Portrait
I see the world through a lens of art. Every person is a story. Every rock was once a boulder, every snowflake once a glacier. Every action has a function, every glance tells a story. Every touch draws a map and every heart beats for someone other than their own. Judgments, change, chains and wind. Every element grips the ground and every star stitches together the skies that wrap and tie, securing a reality discovered by lusting eyes. I see the world through a lens of art, process and receive it with my mind and my heart. A self portrait was redundant to me, for all art I create is a reflection of me.
Watercolor / Ink / Colored Pencil
Hand Painted
8" . 14"
Watercolor
A Girl and A Deer
6" . 8"
Watercolor
Through. A Mirrors Eye
Colored Pencil
15" . 24"
16 h
This pice was done with only three colored pencils. The theme resinates personally with me as a concept of human bias. How we see the versions of others they present in only the moments we know them, whereas we spend a lifetime living, lying, loving, and suffering with ourselves. We can only truly see ourselves, make connections with our eyes, when we look into a mirror. Sometimes all I can see when I look at myself are the mistakes I have made, the way they grow like the grime in my hair or the smile lines forming with every new joy. This piece is as much a reflection as it is a projection. And consider it carefuly you think of yourself. Do you see a body, or a story?
Astronauts, Play Ball!
Colored Pencil
8" . 10"
2 h
Graphite / Charcoal
Death Ends Life, Not Love
Graphite + Charcoal
Juxtaposition
Graphite
Greed
Pencil
Collage / Mixed Media
Bricolage
Phone case, stickers, post cards, stamps, artwork, tape.
The Clean
Found Poem
Newspaper, tape, glue, ink
This Found Poem was an exercise that made me think quite a lot. It was challenging not being able to choose the words or the story. However, once I gathered some themes for the piece it was easier to fish out the words I would want from the few magazines I had at my disposal.
The theme I hoped to bring was that of warning. Dystopian desperation in the fictitious person writing it, using scraps from other magazines to warn the next people who came by what had happened to the world and the dangers it has brought. It or... what?
Manifesto
