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Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Jenny Toth works in Manhattan, sometimes in her apartment, sometimes in her studio, and sometimes you can see her drawing at the zoo. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Wagner College, where she has been teaching painting, drawing, and other creative adventures since 1999. Jenny received her B.A. from Smith College in 1994 and her M.F.A. from Yale School of Art in 1998. She attended Yale from 1994-1995 and then took a two-year hiatus and attended The New York Studio School from 1995-1997 where she studied with many amazing people like Graham Nickson, Mercedes Matter and Charles Cajori. She returned to Yale in 1997-1998. Jenny has also taught at Smith College and SUNY Potsdam. She has traveled alone to such far-flung places as Greenland and West Papua, and regularly spends time in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and La Jolla, CA. She lives with her two sons, husband, and her dogs Muppet and Mr. Scruffles. Her two life-long passions in life are art and animals. She hopes to spend the rest of her life having adventures, learning and playing the NYTimes Spelling Bee. Known for painting fantastical, sometimes self-reflective narrative scenes with a touch of humor, Jenny Toth works from direct observation, sometimes with the aid of elaborate set-ups and props. Typically, the scenes she transcribes onto canvas or paper constitute a variation on self-portraiture, stemming from her interest in how women choose to portray themselves versus how male artists have traditionally depicted them including “flaws” like a deformed toe or hairy legs underscores her premium on honesty over vain attempts at conforming to conventional beauty standards. Through portraits of herself hiding behind a cactus, a fisherman’s net, or a mask, Toth explores themes of inner struggle, fear of loneliness, and wariness of intimate commitment. Later her work includes the joys and frustrations of motherhood and complex feelings depicted with animals as a source.
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Artist: Jenny Toth
Child's Visions of City Living, bright blues, colorful, childlike happy

Child's Visions of City Living, bright blues, colorful, childlike happy

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting done from life of based on a diorama created from a little boy's drawings. Known for painting fantastical, sometimes self-reflective narrative scenes with a ...

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2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Fishy Tales, colorful brushwork, animals, female nude mermaid reference
Fishy Tales, colorful brushwork, animals, female nude mermaid reference

Fishy Tales, colorful brushwork, animals, female nude mermaid reference

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting with most parts made from observing from life in Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Two mermaids interacting in a mysterious way, the viewer seems to have interrupted...

Category

2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Donkey Boogie Woogie, limited color mixed media woman animals

Donkey Boogie Woogie, limited color mixed media woman animals

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is drawing made with pen, pencil and watercolor on wood done from life of donkeys the artist observed in Mexico, and cacti, and a woman holding up the hoof of one donkey. Whims...

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2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Pencil, Archival Paper

Merartist, fantasy figure on rock by sea mermaid merman theme

Merartist, fantasy figure on rock by sea mermaid merman theme

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A graduate of Yale, artist and professor Jenny Toth says, "My work revolves around certain themes, but always is based on direct observation of the material world. I think about the...

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2010s Surrealist Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Artist with Elmo, colorful childhood theme w ironic twist

Portrait of Artist with Elmo, colorful childhood theme w ironic twist

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting done from life with the artist's young son''s large stuffed red Elmo in repose in front of the mirror. The painting is both tender and bold. It captures one...

Category

2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Dreams of Red Macaw, bright, colorful abstract work with bird

Dreams of Red Macaw, bright, colorful abstract work with bird

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting painted from a relief sculpture created by the artist. The image is complex and rich, and depicts a red macaw perched on a branch an...

Category

2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Distance Bridged by a Bunny, bright colors

Distance Bridged by a Bunny, bright colors

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is a painting of a nude woman sitting on a bed with her leg extended and her foot pushed against a mirror behind the head of the bed. She is looking at the sleeping man next to...

Category

2010s Modern Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Multiple Reflections w/ a cup of Joe, contemporary, pink, blue, female, cubist

Multiple Reflections w/ a cup of Joe, contemporary, pink, blue, female, cubist

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting done from life of the artist standing at her easel, holding a shiny knife vertically which is capturing her likeness, and the entire images is captured in a l...

Category

2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ho-Humming with a Turtle and a Crown, female nude, giraffe, bold paint, animals

Ho-Humming with a Turtle and a Crown, female nude, giraffe, bold paint, animals

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting done from life of woman, maybe a queen, wearing a crown with an antelope head mounted on the wall behind her, and two turtles in the foreground. She looks a ...

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2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Have a Backbone

Have a Backbone

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Oil painting depicting a woman in a mirror with an animal backbone visible where her backbone would be, and a giant eye peering on. Expressionist and emotional, the space is engagin...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Boba Fett vs. Artist Mom, colorful painting in mirror w suit of armor
Boba Fett vs. Artist Mom, colorful painting in mirror w suit of armor

Boba Fett vs. Artist Mom, colorful painting in mirror w suit of armor

By Jenny Toth

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is an oil painting done from life with the artist's young son''s life-size poster of Boba Fett behind her. Known for painting fantastical, sometimes self-reflective narrative s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Jenny Toth Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

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