Jen Head - Back to my Garden Large Ōtautahi’s Spectrum (2015) and Flare

Ōtautahi’s Spectrum (2015) and Flare (2022)

Jen Head's (Jenna Ingram) distinctive and recurring ‘heads’ are a study of the multi-faceted nature of human emotion – sadness

Secret Door is truly breathtaking with Pener's use of bright turquoise

There is a fierce feline above her head and seems to be almost part of it

Jen Head - Back to my Garden Large Ōtautahi’s Spectrum (2015) and FlareJen Head Back to my Garden Glass Series 1. 0 283mm W x 303mm H Mixed media on 3 layers of glass, framed in a satin white profile with spacers. About the Artwork: Back to my Garden reflects on the instinctive desire to retreat when faced with confrontation or threat, an echo of the flight response. Here, however, escape is not into fear or isolation, but into the imagination: a gentle wandering of the mind toward the places where peace and beauty