Artist’s Statement – Ginger Jensen
My favorite time of day is 4:30 am, sitting on Black Rock Beach waiting for the sun to rise, when it is quiet, yet peppered with the movement of waves approaching my tripod. Capturing individual moments and ‘painting a picture’ is the challenge that energizes me. Photography helps me sort the world into beauty, sharpness or light. Each situation calls out with a different artistic ‘voice’.
As a sailor and landscape photographer, I photograph the coast of New England. I have exhibited at the Cape Cod Art Association, Dolphin Gallery, The Art Complex, Helen Bumpus Gallery, Plymouth Center for the Arts, North River Arts Society, South Shore Art Center and Cape Cod Art Association. Awards have included First Prize in Photography, Best of Show and an Award of Excellence. I exhibit on Cape Cod. As a jury artist member at the Cape Cod Art Association, I have received awards in national and local exhibits.
My focus has been to capture ‘STILLNESS’ as I see it, whether in the profile of a tree, the rhythm of the ocean after a winter storm has passed or in reflections of the bow of a boat. I started out working in a darkroom; enlarging, dodging and burning. From working with film, I moved to digital photography, first with multi-point video conferencing at Bolt, Beranek and Newman. This primed my interest to set up a professional digital video editing studio at a Massachusetts high school. From these beginnings, I have become fascinated with fine art photography. I shoot with a Nikon Digital SLR camera to capture the stillness of images frozen in time.
Personal Interests
I love to read and spend time with family and friends. I have sailed in Cape Cod and Vineyard waters, from Boston to Camden, Maine and from Oslo, Norway to Gothenburg, Sweden including the North Sea. I have also sailed from Stockholm to Kalmar, Sweden including the Island of Gotland.
Music provides great joy to me. I am the Program Coordinator for the Old Ship Candlelight Concerts. I sing and play guitar in the WSU bluegrass band. I play classical piano and harpsichord and sing soprano in the Fine Arts Chorale and the Old Ship Choir. I am a member of the Board of Directors for the Fine Arts Chorale and I manage their website.
I enjoy video editing and I have been working with the Virtual Cohasset Open Studios Committee and 143 TV to video edit Virtual TOURS for Cohasset Open Studios artists.
Exhibited
- Clemens Gallery, Hingham
- Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable
- Art Complex Museum, Duxbury
- Helen Bumpus Gallery, Duxbury
- Dolphin Gallery, Hingham
- North River Arts Society, Marshfield Hills
- South Shore Art Center, Cohasset
- Massasoit Community College, Canton
- Nantasket Beach Resort & Conference Center, Hull
- Plymouth Center for the Arts
- Pembroke Festival of the Arts
Member
- Juried Artist Member, Cape Cod Art Association
- North River Arts Society
- South Shore Art Center
- Plymouth Center for the Arts
- Hull Artists
Awards
First Prize in Photography, That Day in the Movies – “The Finest Hours”, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA. The photograph was taken during the Disney filming of “The Finest Hours”,
Second Prize in Photography, National Show, ALL NEW ENGLAND. Sea Smoke, Cape Cod Art Association, 2380 Main Street, Barnstable, MA. The photograph was taken on Valentine’s Day, 2016, when the weather was minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
Award of Excellence, Members Show, Time Traveler on display at the South Shore Arts Festival, Town Common, Cohasset. MA, June 19-21, 2015
Best of Show, “Red”, Red Buoy, North River Arts Society, Marshfield, MA, February 2014
National Jury Shows
“On Strait’s Pond” and “Black Rock Dawn” are on exhibit at Cape Cod Art Association’s National Photography Show, Lighting is Key from March 23 – April 9, 2017. Cape Cod Art Association is located at 3480 Main St, Barnstable, MA.
“Beach Ice” and “Light Up Time” were on exhibit at Cape Cod Art Association’s National Art Show, Winter Glow, January 23- February 12, 2017, juried by Karen Buckley. “Beach Ice” received Second Prize in Photography.
“Sea Smoke” and “Maine Mist” were selected for the National Juried Show, All New England, October 17 – November 13, 2016, juried by Domonic Boreffi, Jeff Loving and Geoffrey Smith at Cape Cod Art Association. “Sea Smoke” won Second Prize in Photography.
“Sunset Breakers” was selected for the Earth, Wind and Fire show, April 10–May 24, 2015, National Juried Art Show, Juror Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts.
2018 Gallery Shows
“Seasons of Black Rock Beach” was on exhibit at the Clemens Gallery at the Hingham Public Library from October 3-28, 2018
2017 Juried Shows
“Beachway” is on exhibit at Cape Cod Art Associations “A Touch of Color” show August 14-September 10, 2017. CCAA is locationed at at 3480 Main St, Barnstable, MA
“Holding Pattern”, “Marsh Skiff” and “Waiting” were exhibited at the 50th Pembroke Arts Festival, Town Common, Pembroke, MA, August 11-13, 2017
“Beachway” was on exhibit at the 62nd Arts Festival sponsored by the South Shore Arts Center on the Town Common. The festival is open Friday, June 16th from 1-7 pm, Saturday, June 17th from 10-7 pm, Sunday, June 18th from noon – 5 pm.
“Night Watch” and “Minot Dawn” were on exhibit at the Juried 41st Festival of the Arts, North River Arts Society from May 26- 28, 2017. NRAS is located at 157 Old Main Street, Marshfield Hills, MA.
“On Strait’s Pond” and “Black Rock Dawn”, Cape Cod Art Association’s National Photography Show, Lighting is Key from March 23 – April 9. Cape Cod Art Association is located at 3480 Main St, Barnstable, MA.
“Sunset Breakers” was on exhibit at the Winter Juried Show at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, Feb 5 through April 22, 2017. The Art Complex Museum is located at 189 Alden Street, Duxbury, MA.
“Marsh Skiff” was selected for the Point of View show, Cape Cod Art Association, 3480 Main Street (6A), Barnstable, MA, April 10 – May 7, 2017. This photograph was used as a reference photo for paintings.
“Light Up Time” was selected for the Focus on Figures show juried by Dan Thompson at the North River Arts Society (NRAS), 157 Old Main Street, Marshfield Hills, MA, April 23-April 30, 2017.
“Holding Pattern”, “Waiting”, “Marsh Skiff” was selected for the 50th Pembroke Festival of the Arts at the Community Center, 128 Center Street, Pembroke, MA, August 11-13, 2017