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Style Imitating Art: Tom and Jenny by Andres Valencia & #SpreadTheKindness Link Up #303

November 28, 2022 / 32 Comments
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About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Terri of MeadowTree Style, and Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as curator, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the curator by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the curator will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join! You are invited to share your images on Instagram or other social media platforms. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Terri, and Shelbee or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

The Inspiration Artwork

The inspiration artwork was curated by me. You can read why I chose this work here.

The Artwork
Tom and Jenny by Andres Valencia (Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas, 2022)
Tom and Jenny by Andres Valencia, 2022
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I asked Jeff if I should pose like Jenny and his response was, “I don’t know how you are going to do that. Your eyes are not melting enough and they’re in the wrong place anyway.” I laughed so hard and he took the picture. I guess that’s as melty as I can look!
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About the Artist: Andres Valencia

He is called Little Picasso and he has very much earned that distinction in his 11 years of life. American art prodigy Andres Valencia was born in 2011 in San Diego, California, to parents who fostered his early interest and talent in painting. He began his large scale, colorful works when he was just 5 years old and often needs a step ladder to paint his prodigious canvases. But these aren’t just colorful paintings done by a kid. These are works of art by a highly skilled and educated creative who has been studying art history for as long as he could read. Young Mr. Valencia is also an avid military history buff and this interest shows through in some of his more profoundly insightful works like Invasion of Ukraine.

Valencia is strongly influenced by George Condo, Pablo Picasso, and Cubism but he also cites RETNA, Richard Hambleton, Raphael Mazzucco, and Salvador Dalí as influences since his father began collecting their works seven years ago. He said that he is drawn to artists based on their specifically unique styles. He uses a combination of oil stick and oil and acrylic paints to create his boldly colored and “wildly imaginative fragmented facial compositions.”

He paints, studies art history, and sculpts in his home studio on a daily basis. He often begins a piece with a small sketch but then allows his creative force to take over once he begins work on the large canvas, always relying on his color wheel for guidance. Ideas often strike him as he is falling asleep which results in late night painting when he will sometimes work on multiple canvases at a time.

He has been hugely successful in the past two years with his works catching the attention of art collectors and media outlets around the world. In 2021, he was featured on Good Morning America and his entire body of work sold out on opening night at Art Miami. In March 2022, he sold every painting he had exhibited at Art Palm Beach in one day and he has recently caught the attention of Forbes magazine and the London Times.

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About the Art: Tom and Jenny

Tom and Jenny is a 2022 acrylic and oil painting on canvas, measuring 48 x 68 inches (122 x 173 cm). I can find no other information about this work except that it was sold. I would love to know if Tom and Jenny are inspired by real people or if the artist simply conjured them in a half sleep state. I also am curious what they are smoking and what kind of gathering they are attending. Are those cigars? Or blunts?! Is this a group event or an intimate meeting of smoking buddies? Are they romantically involved with one another or are they merely co-workers or casual acquaintances? They might even be siblings or some other familial relationship. So many questions. But I guess that’s a sign of truly successful artwork…when it makes the viewer ask questions!

In any event, Tom and Jenny are dressed in a most wonderful way for a Style Imitating Art prompt with the contrast of black, white, and grays (for those who may prefer a more neutral look) against the vibrant pink, green, yellow, and blue (for those who might want a more colorful outfit).

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About My Outfit Inspired by Tom and Jenny

When I chose this painting for our inspiration this week, I knew I wanted to combine pink, green, black, and white to reflect those four dominating colors in the work. I just had no idea which wardrobe items I could find in these colors that would work well together. And then I waited until the very last minute to really get started on creating an outfit.

It was the day before Thanksgiving and Jeff and I were braving the grocery stores late in the afternoon. But it was our only opportunity with cooperating weather that we could squeeze in a quick photoshoot along our way. So I decided not only did I need an outfit to reflect the art, but I also needed something comfortable for walking through three different and very chaotic grocery stores on Thanksgiving Eve.

What’s better for shopping in the snowy cold weather during the holidays than leggings and a cozy sweater? I reached for one of my coziest sweaters ever in hot pink (perfect for our upcoming Barbiecore theme for The Good Buy/Good-Bye Book) and thrifted sequined leggings that add just the right amount of holiday sparkle to this comfy casual outfit. By the way, this sweater is so warm that I can barely tolerate to wear it indoors. And I am always freezing cold so that’s seriously warm recycled polyester!

I opted for my sherpa lined lug sole boots to reflect the black and white of Tom’s outfit and then I added my ivory beret to bookend my outfit in the same black and white scheme. I was going to wear a bright yellow hat to represent Jenny’s yellow hair but I don’t have a bright yellow hat, so I wore yellow glass heart earrings instead. And then I really needed some kind of scarf to break up all the pink of the sweater and the bold lines of this floral print really reminded me of the bold black lines that the artist uses in all of his paintings. I grabbed my gray fingerless gloves because they were sitting out but they tied in the bits of gray from the painting while also coordinating with the bits of gray in my scarf.

I didn’t have much in the awesome shade of avocado green except for these socks and this big wide green ribbon that often comes in handy for Style Imitating Art challenges. I wore it as a tie for The Hallucinogenic Toreador and as a hat band for Calyx. And for this look, I wore it as a giant bow to secure my floral scarf in place. I thought the big green bow was maybe a little over the top, but Jeff really liked it and people were stopping me in the grocery store to compliment my happy colorful look! So I don’t know if I nailed this Style Imitating Art challenge in the way that I normally do, but I definitely came up with a super fun and comfortable holiday outfit!

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Now it’s your turn! Did you style something inspired by this wonderful painting? Be sure to check out Salazar’s interpretation of the painting as well as Terri’s take on it. If you want to join us and be featured in my gallery post on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, please send me your photos by Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at 10:00 p.m. EST and then check back for the group gallery of art inspired looks.

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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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