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Jen Dietrich is a joint-owner of Underbelly Films, an independent film company interested in complex, compelling and groundbreaking stories that explore the underside of individuals, places and communities.
She is currently producing and directing Not Made in Heaven: A Portrait of the Artist as Self-saboteur, a documentary feature about Philip Pearlstein, the most influential painter of the twentieth century that you have never heard of.
My inspiration is American icons,
My vehicle is paint, and
My obsession is the painting process.
My process of working involves no magic,
No mystical elements, and no special inspiration.
I have a daily routine.
Visit studio everyday
Make coffee
Set up a challenge
Draw something
Draw 10 more variations
Lay in color
Destroy image
Painting through the drawing
If frustrated, prime canvas
Search for image again
Find composition
Destroy parts of composition
Search, destroy, search, destroy
Draw, paint, draw, paint
Prime canvas for tomorrow
Turn off coffee maker
Leave