{"id":25791,"date":"2025-08-28T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=25791"},"modified":"2025-08-27T23:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:56:53","slug":"jena-belle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/08\/28\/jena-belle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jena Belle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25791\" class=\"elementor elementor-25791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b641add e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b641add\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556d2c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"556d2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tYear of birth: 1985<br>\nWhere do you live: Moscow, Russia<br>\nDescribe your art in three words: Intimate, luminous, contemplative<br>\nYour discipline: Acrylic painting as a visual diary of stillness and sensuality<br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artmajeur.com\/jena-belle\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jenabelle.art\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52334c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52334c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20bc3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20bc3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26085 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-600x468.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You describe your work as \u201can ode to stillness and sensuality.\u201d What does stillness mean to you in practice\u2014on the canvas and in life?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, stillness is not the absence of movement, but a deep presence. On the canvas, it\u2019s the quiet space where shapes can breathe, where a gesture becomes eternal. In life, it\u2019s the ability to slow down, to notice the curve of a hand, the sound of fruit being peeled, the way light lingers on a wall. Stillness is a form of intimacy\u2014with myself, with the world, with beauty.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025-713x1024.png 713w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025-768x1103.png 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Under-The-Sun-Hat-2025-600x862.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Jena Belle | Under The Sun Hat | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How did being self-taught shape your voice and your confidence as an artist?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being self-taught gave me freedom. I never felt bound by rules or expectations; I learned to trust my instincts, to allow imperfection to lead me somewhere unexpected. Confidence came slowly, not from technique alone, but from realizing that my voice is valid precisely because it is mine, unfiltered. My path may look unconventional, but it has kept me honest and intuitive.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025-696x1024.png 696w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025-768x1129.png 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025-1045x1536.png 1045w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Her-Presence-2025-600x882.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Jena Belle | Her Presence | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your images often honor small rituals\u2014peeling fruit, resting, listening. Which everyday ritual most often becomes a painting, and why?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resting. I think of rest as sacred. In a world that celebrates constant productivity, I want to celebrate the pause\u2014the moment of lying down, closing the eyes, exhaling. For me, it\u2019s not laziness but a sensual act of reclaiming time, of being fully human. That ritual becomes a painting again and again because it feels universal yet deeply personal.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25796 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025-731x1024.png 731w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025-768x1075.png 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Dolce-Siesta-2025-600x840.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Jena Belle | Dolce Siesta | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italy appears in your palette and atmosphere. What is \u201cItalian\u201d in your work\u2014the light, the color, the tempo, the architecture?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, Italy is a state of soul as much as a place. It\u2019s in the golden light, the terracotta warmth, the languid rhythm of afternoons, the timeless geometry of arches and piazzas. When I paint, I try to capture not just the look of Italy but its tempo\u2014the way life unfolds more slowly, with attention to beauty in the everyday.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Negative space and clean silhouettes carry a lot of emotion in your compositions. What\u2019s your process for editing a scene down to its essentials?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I always begin with more than I need\u2014sketches, colors, forms. Then I start removing. Editing is an act of tenderness: asking, \u201cWhat truly matters here? What carries the emotion?\u201d I strip away until only the essence remains. Negative space is as important as presence; it\u2019s the silence that makes the voice stronger.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25797 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025-710x1024.png 710w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025-768x1108.png 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Blue-Symphony-In-A-Clay-Vase-2025-600x866.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Jena Belle | Blue Symphony In A Clay Vase | 2025<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titles in your work are poetic. How do you find them, and have you ever changed a painting after finding its title?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titles come like whispers. Sometimes a phrase appears before the painting, like a secret waiting to be revealed. Other times, the painting tells me its name at the very end. I have changed a painting after naming it\u2014when a title uncovers another layer of meaning, I feel compelled to align the image with its newfound truth.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What responses from collectors or viewers have surprised you the most?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most surprising responses are when people see themselves in the work in ways I never expected. Someone once told me that a figure reminded them of their mother resting after cooking, another saw in my still lifes a memory of childhood summers. I\u2019m always moved by how a very personal gesture can become universal. That is the magic of art\u2014it leaves space for others to enter and find their own stories.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025.png 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025-721x1024.png 721w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025-768x1091.png 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jena-Belle-Inner-Bloom-2025-600x853.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/> Jena Belle | Inner Bloom | 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of birth: 1985 Where do you live: Moscow, Russia Describe your art in three words: Intimate, luminous, contemplative Your discipline: Acrylic painting as a visual diary of stillness and sensuality Website | Instagram You describe your work as \u201can ode to stillness and sensuality.\u201d What does stillness mean to you in practice\u2014on the canvas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25791"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26142,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25791\/revisions\/26142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}