Jennifer Marlow at The Brigham Galleries on Nantucket

Jennifer Marlow

In October 2004, Jennifer Marlow made her debut with her first sculpture as a participant of the Nantucket Arts Council’s Needle and Chisel exhibition on Nantucket Island. Having studied and practiced the meticulous craft of ship carving, her "Feeding Humpbacks" represented a departure from the precision and rigors of the maritime tradition.

Jennifer studied ship carving at Nantucket Woodcarving under the instruction of Master Carvers Paul McCarthy and Billy Rowe. With a background in carpentry and music, the maritime carving tradition holds numerous attractions for her as an artist. It embraces heritage, environment and art while demanding implicit trust between hand and eye, the tactile intricately linked with the aesthetic. It also encourages improvisation, whether in style or practice, the uncertainty of outcome rich in promise and surprise.

With "Feeding Humpbacks" and a series of figureheads based on female pirates, Jennifer creates a hybrid folk art that integrates the speculation of imagination with the higher detail of reality. It is a piece of sculpture to be explored with both eyes and hands.

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Jennifer came to her craft honestly. Her late father, Walter Marlow, was a sea captain and amateur woodworker who, when not at sea, could be found creating in his workshop. His father, William, was the head carpenter for Eaton’s department store in Montreal during the first half of the twentieth century. During the 1930’s and 40’s, the two men built motorboats as a hobby and launched the boats on the lakes of the Laurentians. Jennifer’s mother, Charlotte, is also an artisan, practicing the traditional arts of both quilting and weaving.

In April of 2005, Jennifer was invited back to the island to join McCarthy in the restoration project of ‘Going on the Whale,’ the 10 foot carved mural that welcomes visitors to the Nantucket Whaling Museum.

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Other Artists at The Brigham Galleries

Leslie Adams	Ernest Albert	Matthew Almy	Juliette Aristides	Daniela Astone
Albert Aublet	John D. Bailey	Jura Bedic	Mersad Berber	Catherine Brasebin
Jan Brough	Paul Brown	Stubbs & Brown	John Caggiano	Robert Caputo
Neilson Carlin	Dennis Cheaney	James Childs	Tim Coote	Kamille Corry
Paul Dougherty	Hunter Eddy	John Evans	Giacomo Favretto	Sean Forester
Samuel L. Gerry	Laurie Goddard	James Jeffrey Grant	Daniel Graves	Daniel Greene
Emile A. Gruppe	Richard Halstead	Alexander T. Harrison	Gundula Jacobs	Ted Seth Jacobs
Curtis Jaunsen	Susan Ricker Knox	Urban Larsson	William F. Macy	Leo Mancini-Hresko
Jennifer Marlow	Bryan Maycock	Evelyn McFarlane	Stan Moeller	Yuki Murata
Andrea Nutt	Irean Olier Oakley	Todd Reifers	Marguerite S. Pearson	Carolyn Pyfrom
Linda H. Reynolds	Adam Rhude	Volney A. Richardson	Laura Robb	Charles D. Robinson
Paula Rubino	Ramiro Sanchez	Henry Sandham	Sallie Scruggs	Eric Sloane
Jordan Sokol	Brandon Soloff	Helena Sturtevant	Martine Vaugel	Leah Waichulis
Jerry Weiss	Joyce Washor	William Whitaker	Nelson White	Toby Wright
	Charles H. Woodbury		HongNian Zhang

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Jennifer Marlow In October 2004, Jennifer Marlow made her debut with her first sculpture as a participant of the Nantucket Arts Council’s Needle and Chisel exhibition on Nantucket Island. Having studied and practiced the meticulous craft of ship carving, her "Feeding Humpbacks" represented a departure from the precision and rigors of the maritime tradition. Jennifer studied ship carving at Nantucket Woodcarving under the instruction of Master Carvers Paul McCarthy and Billy Rowe. With a background in carpentry and music, the maritime carving tradition holds numerous attractions for her as an artist. It embraces heritage, environment and art while demanding implicit trust between hand and eye, the tactile intricately linked with the aesthetic. It also encourages improvisation, whether in style or practice, the uncertainty of outcome rich in promise and surprise. With "Feeding Humpbacks" and a series of figureheads based on female pirates, Jennifer creates a hybrid folk art that integrates the speculation of imagination with the higher detail of reality. It is a piece of sculpture to be explored with both eyes and hands. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Jennifer came to her craft honestly. Her late father, Walter Marlow, was a sea captain and amateur woodworker who, when not at sea, could be found creating in his workshop. His father, William, was the head carpenter for Eaton’s department store in Montreal during the first half of the twentieth century. During the 1930’s and 40’s, the two men built motorboats as a hobby and launched the boats on the lakes of the Laurentians. Jennifer’s mother, Charlotte, is also an artisan, practicing the traditional arts of both quilting and weaving. In April of 2005, Jennifer was invited back to the island to join McCarthy in the restoration project of ‘Going on the Whale,’ the 10 foot carved mural that welcomes visitors to the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Click here for full resume