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“My art features strong women. It celebrates
women responding to the on-going changes in their
environment and communities - as creators, as
care-givers, mothers, lovers, goddesses and more.”
Jennifer Mourin is a self taught Malaysian artist
of Eurasian decent, living and working in Penang. She
uses mostly acrylics and oil-inks, but loves the fluidity
of gouache. Benevolently haunted by memories of her
mother’s Thai village in Kelantan (North east Malaysia),
she turned her love of sarongs the women wore, and the
strength of the women there, into totems for her artistic
identity. One consistently recurring theme in her art is
breastfeeding, as Jennifer is incredulous at how such a
loving, nurturing act is often considered a controversial
act in society. “When women do choose to breastfeed,
it is only right that they are supported to breastfeed
whether at home, in the workplace, or in other places she
exists as a part of the society that she lives in. And this
support should come from all sides of society:
husbands, partners, immediate and extended
family, community, and sociopolitical leadership.
Mothers deserve to be supported and loved!” she
asserts. As such, Jennifer revels in the power of
mothers supporting mothers, women supporting
women. Drawn to also having some fun with
her art, Jennifer paints little tableaus of cats,
noting: “they are fascinating, infuriating, cuddly,
dignified, mysterious, majestic, maddening,
always interesting and never boring!” She has
also created her own version of landscapes.
Her BodyScapes” series explores the tactile,
loving, sensual and comforting aspects of the
human touch and relationships between men
and women.
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