BLUE LOTUS FLOWER
FLOATING ON THE WATER
Artwork by Exene Cervenka & Jill Emery
Exhibition | March 8th - April 5th, 2025
Opening Reception | March 8th, 7-10pm
Artlands
18 E. Vine St., Redlands, CA
Exene Cervenka is a singer, song-writer, visual artist, and poet. She is the singer and co-founder of the pioneering punk rock band X, one of the most influential Los Angeles bands to emerge from punk rock. Exene's strong artistic drive has drawn her to a wide range of creative projects. Adulterers Anonymous, the first of four books of poetry written with singer/ poet Lydia Lunch, was published in 1982. Her art has been shown in the Santa Monica Museum of Art, DCKT Contemporary in New York, and in galleries throughout Los Angeles and elsewhere. In 1989, Cervenka recorded Old Wives' Tales, the first of six solo albums she would put out by 2011.
Jill Emery is a self-taught artist/musician from California, where she started playing bass in her teens in LA punk bands, eventually becoming a part of Superheroines, Hole, Mazzy Star and others. While she enjoyed the collective creativity of bands, she found visual arts to be a great solitary creative outlet. As a folk expressionist, she explores themes of life, death, spirit, favorite bands/people and giving voices to animals. Jill says her process through imagination keeps her laughing and gives life to many of her pieces. She's had art shows in the USA and Europe. Her art is also featured on records such as Hole's "Pretty on the Inside", among others.
WORKS
“Blue Lotus”
Paper Collage
6”x8”
Exene Cervenka
$1,100
“Faces Explained”
Mixed Media Collage
9”x16”
Exene Cervenka
$1,800
“Light You Up”
Mixed Media Collage
6”x8”
Exene Cervenka
$500
“Last Chance”
Mixed Media Collage
10”x12”
Exene Cervenka
$1,400
“Saint”
10”x14”
Ink on Paper
Exene Cervenka
$800
“Picasso”
Mixed Media Collage
11”x14”
Exene Cervenka
$1,200
“Hope”
Mixed Media Collage
6”x8”
Exene Cervenka
$500
“Because I Do”
Ink on Paper
4”x6”
Exene Cervenka
$250
“Fortune”
Ink on Paper
6”x6”
Exene Cervenka
$350
“Finding Comfort In Blue Lotus Blanket”
Acrylic on canvas
11”x14”
Jill Emery
$600
“Friends Fighting For Peace”
Acrylic on canvas
12”x12”
Jill Emery
$600
“Death Wants To Be Present In Life”
Acrylic on canvas
9”x12”
Jill Emery
$600
“She Sleeps In Her Fancy Dress”
Acrylic on canvas
8”x8”
Jill Emery
$200
“Transcending This Eruption”
Acrylic on canvas
9”x12”
Jill Emery
$500
“Peace Dove Gets Up The Next Day”
Acrylic on canvas
11”x14”
Jill Emery
$600
“Wandering Through Her Landscape”
Acrylic on canvas
10”x10”
Jill Emery
$550
“Fox Wants Out Of Your Fairytale”
Acrylic on canvas
12”x12”
Jill Emery
$600
“Death Is Unsure Who Is Getting Therapy”
Acrylic on canvas
11”x14”
Jill Emery
$600
“Check Out”
Acrylic on canvas
5”x5”
Jill Emery
$150
“Curated Memories”
Acrylic on canvas
5”x5”
Jill Emery
$150
“Waking Up In Stormy Ocean”
Acrylic on cradle board
10”x10”
Jill Emery
$500
“Saving Yourself”
Acrylic on canvas
11”x14”
Jill Emery
$600
“She Hears Life In A-Minor”
Acrylic on canvas
11”x14”
Jill Emery
$600
“Inner Peace Prize”
Acrylic on canvas
5”x5”
Jill Emery
$150