Jenny Scobel (born 1955) is an American painter who lives and works in

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. She makes paintings of women and children weaving a sense of innocence with foreboding or darkness. Her works, compared to

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, have been auctioned at

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and

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Early and personal life

Jenny Scobel was born in

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and grew up in

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. At

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, Scobel received her

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. She received her

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from

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. She lives and works in

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Paintings

Scobel makes portraits or figurative paintings of children and women that blend a scene of innocent-like faces with images that suggest an underlying dark or disturbing story. The subtle mixed messages creates a "disarming perspective" and "present a mature approach to creating complex and disarming works. ''Family tree'' of a young girl in the foreground, hands in her pockets and a disturbing background of a tree and running blood is one example. She often works in wax and

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. Journalist Kristin Capp likened her work to that of

. Raphael Rubinstein of Art In America said "Scobel is an artist whose attention to detail reaches manic (and sublime) proportions. She poses her subjects - in this show, pensive young women - against wallpaper per whose intricate motifs would exhaust a less patient artist. These backgrounds often seem to reveal the subjects' thoughts, as if the women had dreamed the allegorical scenes into existence." She gives lectures, such as the April 7, 2010 engagement at the School of Art at Illinois State.

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is her favorite artist.

Works

A few of Scobel's works are: * ''Untitled man,'' 1993, oil on panel * ''One Rose,'' 1995, Rita Krauss Fine Art * ''Blue veil,'' 2003-2004, graphite, wax and watercolor on masonite. Sold at

in 2009 * ''Words fell,'' 2005, graphite, wax and watercolor on gessoed board. Sold at

, London, 2013 * ''All that before,'' 2006,

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Gallery, Antwerp * ''Among friends,'' 2006, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp * ''Just the same,'' 2006, graphite, wax and watercolor on gessoed board * ''Jenny Scobel'', 2006 (exhibition catalog) * ''Untitled girl,'' 2006, etching and drypoint * ''Day at a time,'' 2009, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp * ''Family tree,'' 2012, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp * ''What the last man took'', 2013 Her works are in the public collections at Hudson Valley for Contemporary Art, New York and the Rubell Family Collection in

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Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Scobel's work has been exhibited since about 1985. She has had solo shows at: * Galerie der Stadt Backnang in

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, Germany in 2006 * Michel Soskine, Madrid in 2010 * Kendall School of Design in

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* Thomas Erben Gallery in New York City. * "Unsolved Mysteries" at

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in 1999. *

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Group exhibitions

Her work has been exhibited with other artists in London, New York, and Chicago. In 2004, Scobel participated in the exhibition "Sagt holde Frauen: 15 zeitgenössische Kunstlerinnen und das Medium Zeichnung" at the

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, Germany

References

External links

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Solo exhibition at Thomas Erben Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scobel, Jenny 1955 births Living people American women painters American contemporary painters Cleveland Institute of Art alumni Pratt Institute alumni People from Orrville, Ohio 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists