Live Portrait Drawing Giveaway Winner!

Holiday Live Portrait Drawing Experience Instagram Giveaway Winner @agjemail

The drawing was created during a fun 20 minute virtual sitting on Zoom and delivered the original in a luxurious gift box with a magnetic closure as a unique and personal artwork for Antonella to keep.

This event is part of my collaboration with influencer and blogger @heymichelle1 🥂 a one stop shop for everything fun in Cincinnati.

Scroll to see photos of the making-of and the custom gift box. Interested to have your portrait or that of a loved one drawn by me? Visit my online store on this website to see the available options!

Photos from my Live Portrait Drawing Event — MINIMAL ART in Salon Kronenburg

Had a wonderful time drawing people live at Salon Kronenburg in Antwerp, Belgium in December 2022. This was part of my “Minimal Art” live portrait drawing experience holiday event, in which collectors could purchase a 20 minute live portrait drawing session for an accessible 50 EUR price and resulting in an original artwork for them to keep. Scroll the above images for behind-the-scenes and snapshots of the resulting drawings.

Upcoming in Antwerp, Belgium: Live Portrait Drawing Event — MINIMAL ART

salon kronenburg
Antwerp, Belgium
Sunday, December 18, 13u > 18u

This is a unique opportunity available this Holiday Season for € 50 EUR price per portrait drawing.

You will be purchasing a live drawing experience with artist Jarno Kettunen, which results in a hand–made “Minimal Art” style portrait illustration for you to take home. The drawings will be done with mixed materials on 8 x 10 in (203 x 254 mm) format fine art paper, signed and dated by the artist.

Sunday, December 18: 13u > 18u

salon kronenburg
Kronenburgstraat 21-23
Antwerp, Belgium
instagram: @salonkronenburg

Also available at the event
• Personalized live virtual portrait gift cards

Come by to have your portrait done, purchase gift cards, or simply to have a chat while seeing me draw!

POWDERWORKS NFT Collection now available on OpenSea

POWDERWORKS by Jarno Kettunen is a mini 1-of-1 collection featuring 8 recent drawings done with Jarno's signature powder style application of color. Inspired by live encounters and pop culture images these chic and empowering figures are guaranteed to bring joy and happiness into your life!

Visit the collection on OpenSea marketplace (external link) by clicking the button below.

Inside the Studio with Jarno Kettunen for JCM Foundation and Jimmy Choo

Inside my studio for a sneak peek at new original artworks commissioned by the JCM Foundation and JIMMY CHOO for an upcoming live event in Atlanta! Come be my fashion illustration muse on Dec. 9th. More info and updates coming up soon!

All the best,
Jarno

Saks Fifth Avenue Cincinnati Beauty Event Live Drawings

Had a wonderful time drawing people live at the Saks Fifth Avenue Cincinnati Beauty Event this last Saturday. Customers who purchased a certain amount of beauty products could have their portrait drawn by me—with real make-up such as from Chanel and Tom Ford! The resulting drawings were signed and handed out to customers in elegant Saks Fifth Avenue gift boxes. A day to remember and cherish for sure ❤️ Thank you Saks for having me! Scroll down for more photos.

LIVE ONLINE fashion illustration of Mr. Quin Lewis

LIVE ONLINE fashion illustration of Elevated Menswear & Luxe Connoisseur and Vogue Street Style Star Mr. Quin Lewis @fashion_powr . Check out Quin’s amazing story on this article on Vogue Magazine!

shirt: JW Anderson
pants: Thom Browne
sunglasses: Thierry Lasry
watch: Cartier
rings: Louis Vuitton

Gallop (Pink on Green), 2021 Mural Painting

Gallop (Pink on Green), 2021
enamel paint on wall
100 x 150 inches (254 x 381 cm)

Live Online Drawing of Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs Featured on Diane Pernet's Blog 'A Shaded View on Fashion' (ASVOF)

My LIVE ONLINE portrait drawing of Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs featured on Diane Pernet's blog ‘A Shaded View on Fashion’ (ASVOF). Many thanks to Diane for the amazing write-up!

View the entire article on Diane Pernet’s blog ‘A Shaded View on Fashion’ (ASVOF) ❤️

All the best,
Jarno

Live Online Portrait Drawing Session on December 10

Are you interested to have your portrait drawn live by me? Check out my LIVE-ONLINE event on the 10th of December 2020 from 10am–5pm EST (16:00–23:00 CET)! I will draw at the Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati as part of my artist micro residency, a collaboration that started from a commissioned live drawing performance for CAC’s ‘Art Off the Wall’ gala in 2018. Each 20 minute drawing session includes a short meet & greet before the drawing performance. Individual Zoom meeting invites will be e-mailed to you upon purchase. The drawings will be done on 11 x 14 in (27.9 x 35.6 cm) format fine art paper and include worldwide shipping within 2 business days.

Start scheduling by clicking the above 'Virtual Portrait Drawing Session' tab or on my instagram page @jarnosees by tapping the 'Book Now' button on your mobile app.

Want to have your friend, family member, colleague, or business partner drawn too? Check out my hand painted portrait gift vouchers on the web shop!

The drawings are priced at $500 USD and 20% of the proceeds will be directed to Reasons to be Cheerful. A non-profit editorial project, founded by David Byrne, that is tonic for tumultuous times.

** Special promotion: use the below code to receive a 10% discount when scheduling a drawing session or purchasing a portrait gift voucher by December 8! **
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Stay safe and well!
Jarno

Painting Performance for Wave Pool Gallery ‘Not Just for Show' Telethon and Variety Show

Painting performance video for ‘Not Just For Show', a Telethon and Variety Show put on by Cincinnati’s Wave Pool contemporary art fulfillment center this last September 25 & 26. This video showcases my process and inspirations for my current large scale painting project, reacting to flower photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe. Please email me at info@jarnok.com for inquiries about the resulting artwork and other works from the portfolio. Many thanks to Byron Hutchins for the amazing video and editing!

New Project: Portfolio of Large Scale Paintings, a Reaction to Robert Mapplethorpe’s Flowers

Dear reader, while self isolating I started a new body of large scale works, produced in my garage art studio with materials and tools that I have available. I will explore energetic drawing and painting with urban art-making tools—such as fire extinguishers filled with architectural paint—on structures fabricated from building materials.

The idea for this project started already a while ago—now accelerated by the disruption due to the COVID19 outbreak—as an initiative to artistically apply construction skills that I acquired from relocating and remodeling my new dwellings. A shift in scale, media, and working methods is a fascinating opportunity to produce a collection of substantial artworks, which deal with subjects and techniques other than in my illustration and live art work. Furthermore this project introduces stimulating physical and artistic routines to my daily schedule while staying at home.
 
In the initial series of 5-10 works I will study botanical subjects, influenced by and reacting to Robert Mapplethorpe’s still life photographs of flowers, such as poppies and calla lilies. At this uncertain time they are calming and incredibly beautiful to look at and may perhaps evoke new meanings as the world and our life is suddenly changing.

For now this production will mainly be introduced and documented on my instagram page @jarnosees with snapshots and videos of the creative process and resulting works. Please email me for inquiries or leave your feedback on the comments section here. Most importantly, stay well and keep creating during this strange time! 

info:
calla lily 1987, after robert mapplethorpe, 2020
enamel paint on stucco
48 x 48 x 4.5 inches ( 121.9 x 121.9 x 11.4 cm) - slightly irregular   

New Behind-the-Scenes Photos: Sketching Coca-Cola Global Creative Campaign Photoshoot in Brooklyn, New York 2017

Shana Jade Trajanoska just sent me her awesome, previously unseen photos from 2017 when I was illustrating “behind-the-scenes” at a Coca-Cola Global Creative Campaign Photoshoot in Brooklyn, New York. They bring back many beautiful memories of working live on the set with the Coca-Cola Design dream team and top photographers Anna Palma and Guy Aroch. Follow Shana Jade Trajanoska on instagram @shanajade

Work Featured on POLLY Magazine Issue 6

A three page print feature about my fashion illustration work on the Cincinnati based POLLY Magazine issue 6— launched on October the 26th with a glitzy party at KTCHN Newport KY.

S.OLIVER X JARNO Collaboration

Hello again!

I would like to present to you my new creative collaboration with the German fashion company s.Oliver, titled S.OLIVER X JARNO

This unique assignment started when I was invited to draw the runway models live in front of an audience at s.Oliver's Fashion Show Event in September 2018 held at their central offices in Rottendorf. The dynamic live fashion illustration experience that ensued resulted in multiple energetic and colorful mixed media artworks on paper, which were displayed to bring a creative and inspirational dynamic during the event. A number of these original illustrations were selected for s.Oliver, from which three of them were turned this summer into t-shirts for the special S.OLIVER X JARNO collection!

Keep reading to view the 'S.OLIVER X JARNO' t–shirt collection as well as "making-of" photos from the Fashion Show Event. All images are courtesy of s.Oliver.

Cheers!
Jarno

Live Fashion Illustration Interview on Sivasdescalzo Blog

Many thanks to sivasdescalzo for this amazing interview on the blog of their online sneakers store! Check out the interview by clicking on the image or here. Please help us spread the love by sharing the article on your social media! Cheers and till soon, Jarno

Work Featured on L'OFFICIEL Belgium (FR & NL) ISSUE #2

Thank you L'OFFICIEL Belgium (FR & NL) for this amazing 4 page interview of my work, featuring my exclusive illustration of the Gabrielle Chanel flacon for CHANEL 

Work Featured on Imagicasa Magazine, December 2018 ART Issue

Cincinnati Opera Gala, A Night of Passion & Fashion

Wow, this past month got so busy at the studio that I am just now able to get back to sharing some news and updates. Can’t say this won’t happen again (till I’m ready to hire a media intern or press agent—ha!) so thanks for the patience. My philosophy anyway is that producing awesome work and projects always comes first and shouting about it is for later!

Moving on to the news, this year I had a great honor to collaborate with Cincinnati Opera for its 2018 Gala, A Night of Passion & Fashion—a black tie event gathering for the glitziest and most creative personalities in town. The commission, which launched on July included a bespoke illustration and handwriting for the event’s visual identity as well as a live portrait drawing session at the Gala on November the 16th located at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The Gala program included a fashion show of opera costumes created by the fashion design students of University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning; and an auction, which also included the original handmade illustration I did for the Gala with part of the proceeds directed toward supporting the Opera.

For the portrait drawing session, the guests were given the opportunity to purchase a 20 minute appointment to get drawn by me and keep the resulting artwork, done with mixed media on 500 x 650 mm size fine art paper. The exclusive drawing sessions—a whopping 13 appointments in total—took place in a private room at the Gala with champagne and a private hostess entertaining the guests while they had their portrait done.

Check out images from this unique collaboration below. Big thanks to photographer Tony Bailey for sending the last three action shots from my drawing session!

Happy Holidays!
Jarno

Live Fashion Illustrations for s.Oliver

Very excited about my recent commission to illustrate the models at s.Oliver’s in-house fashion show live as it was happening on September 18th! This special collaboration includes the live fashion illustrations and portraits of select personalities of the German fashion company headquartered in Rottendorf. Here showcased are a few snapshots of the resulting live action drawings and the scene at the event.