Artists don’t get out much. At least that’s what we like to tell ourselves as an excuse for not having seen Carlsbad artist Jen Trute’s paintings before now. Apparently, she’s been painting in Carlsbadistan for several years. San Diego Union-Tribune Art Critic Robert L Pincus profiled Ms. Trute today. Here’s a little of what he said:
She points to a breakthrough surreal painting, “Sarah and Her Demons,” a canvas done in the meticulous style she is still honing. A woman poses in a kitchen chair, looking unperturbed. Sarah doesn’t notice the demon by her side. A twin demon is standing on the kitchen table, devouring the cereal from the box. . . In an oblique way, you sense this painting is about Trute too, trying to stave off dramatic forces within.
While Trute’s style isn’t necessarily what we’re into, her work is definitely worth checking out.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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