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    Ahab and His Harpoon (Scene from Moby Dick) 2011 Oil on canvas

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    No, Thanks (Scene from Pride and Prejudice) 2011 Gouache and graphite on paper mounted on panel

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    Three Men in Overcoats 2009 Oil on board

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    Momento Mori 2011 Gouache and graphite on paper

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    Boxer 2009 Oil on canvas paper

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    Beauties 2010 Oil on panel

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    Wrestlers Wrestling 2010 Oil on canvas paper

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    Inside the Bar 2010 Oil on panel

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    That Monkey Was My Boyfriend (Scene from Candide) 2011 Oil on panel

Jennie Ottinger

Posted by Bryony Quinn,

Jennie Ottinger lovingly translates classic novels in a painterly homage, creating wonderful character-driven archetypes of our favourite tales. Each image is like a vignette of the whole story where Ottinger casually, carefully depicts just enough to hint at a plot, even going as far as creating new book forms that narrate her own illustrations and encapsulate the book. Fan art of the most literary variety…

www.jennieottinger.com