WhiteWavePhotos

Red

2012-02-01T21:47:00.001-08:00

The Falls

2012-02-01T21:44:00.001-08:00

Family Fun

2011-11-11T07:04:00.001-08:00

Sandlin Wedding

2011-08-29T10:56:00.001-07:00

Sweet Couple

2011-08-29T10:24:00.001-07:00

Sandlin Wedding Party

2011-08-29T10:05:00.001-07:00

Our Future

2011-07-29T13:08:00.000-07:00

Happy in Love

2011-03-22T08:28:00.001-07:00

A days ride

2011-02-27T21:01:00.001-08:00

Mommies and Mommy-to-be

2010-12-25T22:30:00.000-08:00

New Journey

2010-12-25T22:23:00.001-08:00

A day outside

2010-12-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

Trip to Cuba

2010-12-25T21:54:00.000-08:00

Amazing Local Kids

2010-06-13T11:12:00.001-07:00

Sweet Spirited

2010-06-13T11:04:00.001-07:00

2010-06-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome Home

2010-06-09T22:08:00.000-07:00

Blessed in so Many Ways

2010-04-30T14:35:00.000-07:00

Golfing

2010-04-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

Big Bear

2010-04-18T09:45:00.000-07:00

5 years later

2010-04-05T21:07:00.000-07:00

In the Park

2010-03-05T07:01:00.000-08:00

Relishing the last month

2010-02-03T15:09:00.000-08:00

Niemi Moments

2009-12-04T20:33:00.001-08:00

TURN: all church prayer

2009-09-28T15:00:00.000-07:00

TURN hosted an all church prayer at 8am on Saturday, September 19, 2009. Believers from around Riverside came together to pray for their city. Over 140 people participated in the two-hour service, representing 22 local churches.

Solomon Wedding

2009-08-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

One Day Memories

2009-07-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

CBU Golf Tournament

2009-07-01T22:02:00.000-07:00

Advocate Rally

2009-06-01T08:06:00.001-07:00

Sacramento, CA. Reminding legislators of a most vulnerable group in our state - individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Stunning Eyes

2009-05-21T17:03:00.001-07:00

Cal Baptist Gala

2009-05-21T16:52:00.000-07:00

The Fab Four

2009-05-15T18:05:00.001-07:00

Morning outing

2009-05-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

The Boys

2009-05-14T17:44:00.000-07:00

slideshow

2009-05-04T20:17:00.001-07:00

AVP

2009-04-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

AVP came to Riverside! What a treat and we hope they continue to return the following years. Great games by men and women!

A popular piece

2009-04-03T07:55:00.000-07:00

Donated

2009-04-03T07:50:00.000-07:00

Donation made for Inland Agency's Shop to Stop Breast Cancer.

New

2009-03-19T14:53:00.001-07:00

The "Tree of History" was created many years ago, at the passing of my great grandmother - Nana. I originally sketched it and then chalked it. Yet with the death of Erin's dads, my dear friend and professor Dr. Marler, Jeff, and with grandma in hospice - I was stirred to paint it again. It serves on the creating end, a time of reflection and the lives that have left pieces of themselves on me. I am reminded and spurred by Albert Einstein, when he says: "A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend upon the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the measure as I have received and am still receiving."

The second piece, I am not sure what the title is at this point...

It began to brew in me prior to the reading Jesus for President and it continued to brew more greatly. Listening to speeches by MLK, reading up on Ghandi, reflecting on the US's view of humanity, war, brutality, revenge, and exploitation....I could not run from the pain in which I have been apart of. Not as an active member but my lack of activity for or against is a stance - and a stance for it.

I deeply meditated over these words:

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."- MLK

"The killing of the guilty is not the way to rebuild justice and reconcile society, rather there is a risk of nourishing the spirit of revenge and inciting fresh violence."
- Vatican spokesperson Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., on the execution of Saddam Hussein

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." - MLK

I can get paralyzed by how BIG the issues are or I can choose to take each moment and see the small steps I can make to be a beacon of peace, offer justice, choose to love, offer respect and empower the voices that are muffled.

Fuller Wedding/Anniversary

2009-03-01T21:24:00.000-08:00

The Makings

2009-03-01T21:11:00.001-08:00

I am in the makings of a new mixed media piece.

These quotes are my "muse":

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." - MLK Jr.

"The killing of the guilty is not the way to rebuild justice and reconcile society, rather there is a risk of nourishing the spirit of revenge and inciting fresh violence."- Vatican spokesperson Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., on the execution of Saddam Hussein

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it." - MLK Jr

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." MLK Jr

Shop to Stop Breast Cancer

2009-03-01T21:06:00.000-08:00

"Echod - Seasons" is being auctioned on March 31 at the Shop to Stop Breast Cancer. With breast cancer in my family, it is a gift to continue be on the side of prevention and raiser funds and awareness for all women to make sure they get their check ups.

Pick General Meeting

2009-03-01T21:04:00.000-08:00

Art Walk

2009-01-20T16:37:00.000-08:00

Mark your calendar for the next Art Walk.

February 5th.

From 6-9pm.

Walk around downtown and enjoy the art of local artist!!

SFO

2008-12-31T11:30:00.001-08:00

UC Institute for Research in the Arts

2008-10-31T15:31:00.000-07:00

The University of California's Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) supports UC artists dedicated to innovative approaches to form and content in the performing, media, and visual arts. Our goal is to support imaginative projects that transcend boundaries, or that fall outside the present confines of arts practice. We have a special interest in projects that are collaborative in nature and that benefit two or more UC campuses. A program of the UC Office of the President, UCIRA is committed to diversity in all its forms.

Taking place locally with UCR. Check out the schedule. Visit the Art's Walk Thurs- Saturday, we will be showing all weekend!

Path of Life

2008-10-31T15:21:00.000-07:00

Black and White Series at Art Walk

2008-10-17T13:09:00.001-07:00

NineZero Games 2008

2008-10-17T11:35:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who participated in,
supported, and sposored the NineZero Games!

We couldn't have done it without you!

A fun, athletic and entertaining weekend we all had.

Golf – Tennis – Cycling – FASD Conference - NineZero Walk, and much more!

Our signature fundraising event was a success and goes to help prevent the number one cause of intellectual disabilities –
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and to celebrate “The Value of One.”

Pick 2008 Day of Caring

2008-09-24T16:03:00.000-07:00

Pick Sept 08 General Meeting

2008-09-24T16:02:00.000-07:00

Shows

2008-09-01T14:35:00.001-07:00

Art Walk is coming up this week (first Thurs of every month). We were out of town last month, but I am showing a few pieces this month.

For the month of September I will be showing at Back to the Grind, a local coffee shop here in Riverside.

At the end of the month, come to the Riverside Plaza and check out the Peace Festival. I will be down there hosting a booth of handmade soap, Jenn original photo cards and some prints. Plus check out the other booths and activities too!

Golden

2008-09-01T14:32:00.000-07:00

Finally finished "Golden." She sat unframed for the longest time. Mark and Erin kept buggin to purchase it but something did not seem finished. So I made the framing - now it is ready to show!

World Turned Upside Down

2008-08-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

Jennifer O’Farrell/ WhiteWave Photography
“The World turned Upside Down”
Multi Media (photographs, newspaper ads, canvas, oil, sharpie)
Size – 16”x20”
2008
In a world of resources, there seems to be enough for everyone’s needs – basic needs- however, especially in the United States, we live off the resources of our greed. The earth, in a way, has been turned upside down by the rape of her resources. There are various quotes from authors, Native America proverbs, and guides that have shared the, in their way, the abuse that has occurred to Mother Nature. One of them is: “The US is the number one producer of garbage. We consume thirty percent of the planet’s resources and create thirty percent all its waste. The US is home to just four percent of the global population.”
Some say the whole world, the whole earth, and creation seem upside down. What was once innovation and industrial ingenious now seems to have ramifications upon the purest gift that resides amongst us. Yet the hope is that some how when we least expect it, the world- our choices, our lives- writes itself again.

Message in a bottle

2008-08-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

“Message in a Bottle”
Multi Media (oil, canvas, newspaper, pictures)
Size- 16”x20”
2008 – donation to Jim Stream and The Arc of Riverside County’s NineZero Project

“Message in a Bottle” is the heart beat of The NineZero Project. NineZero stands for “Nine months, Zero alcohol.” Alcohol is the leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States, yet it is one hundred percent preventable.

The bottle is an accumulation of many alcoholic beverages sold within the states. The various types of drinks are to show that there is not one beverage that causes Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. The Surgeon General has placed on all of them labels reminding pregnant women that there is no safe time nor no safe amount of alcohol to be consumed during the nine months of pregnancy. Within the bottle’s spill emerges a small representation of the thousands of lives that have been damaged due to the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol. The faces are those with FASD.

I have chosen the color purple that drips out from the bottle splashing onto the faces as an analogy. Purple typically is associated with royalty. People with FASD are from royalty in how they are treated; due to the way others treat them, 60% will find themselves suspended or expelled, 60% will have trouble with the law, 80% are unable to live independently, and 80% are unable to keep a job for over three months. Yet their voices have not been silenced. Choruses of other have joined with them to sing a song of awareness, prevention, and hope for the lives of generation that will not struggle with FASD. Join the chorus. Visit NineZero.org.

Irish or Berlin?

2008-07-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Afternoon

2008-07-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

Yellow is the Color (wedding)

2008-06-30T21:48:00.000-07:00

Portraits

2008-05-30T19:00:00.001-07:00

Wedding Moments

2008-05-30T18:48:00.000-07:00

The Loves

2008-03-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

Sunrise

2008-03-27T18:14:00.000-07:00

Speak

2008-03-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

Wood, WhiteWave Photo, newspapers, magazines, acrylic

The Eye

2008-03-14T18:18:00.000-07:00

Photo, 3 frames, black velvet fabric, wood

Barn

2008-03-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

Photo, wood, burlap, twine, broken frame

Young Love

2008-03-10T19:08:00.000-07:00

Enshrined

2008-03-10T18:02:00.000-07:00

Two photos framed

Echod, Series No. 1

2008-03-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

Echod, Series no. 2

2008-03-10T17:52:00.000-07:00

Beginnings

2008-02-27T00:40:00.001-08:00

In the middle and beginning of 7 new multimedia pieces. Would like them done for the April showing.

Lindsay

2008-02-15T17:29:00.000-08:00

To my friend whom I adore and relish so many things about....I wish I could embody so many of the beautiful characteristics you have.

Colors

2008-01-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

The Road We Took

2008-01-28T20:42:00.000-08:00

The Road less Traveled

2008-01-28T20:34:00.000-08:00

Erin = Ireland

2008-01-28T20:19:00.000-08:00

Beloved

2008-01-28T19:43:00.001-08:00

MultiMedia

2008-01-17T20:29:00.001-08:00

Untitled (at least as of right now)

Canvas, oil, pressed leaves, photograph

Echod : Part 1 of 3

4 Photographs, burned

Jan. 3

2008-01-04T09:12:00.000-08:00

Last night I showed some pieces at our local art walk.

Beautiful studio - my brother took some pix- I will need to post them.

Another great night. With possible rain and after the holidays we were not sure what kind of turn out there would be, but there was a steady flow of people by 7 till about 9:30pm.

I love talking with new people, making new friends, getting to know and hear others' stories from ALL walks of life.

I sold three pieces which is always exciting.

The greatest moment was the inquisitive and observant young boy - maybe 9 years old- Joel. Had so many observations to the mediums.

"Why did you put all the paper/trash/clippings on the forest?"

We went through together talking about some of the pieces and he would share what he sees in them and what I see in them...such a moment!

Art Show

2007-12-19T19:08:00.000-08:00

Another Art Show.

January 3rd, downtown Riverside, Life Arts Center. 7-9pm.

Gentle Spirit

2007-12-13T15:15:00.000-08:00

Strolling in the Park

2007-12-13T15:01:00.000-08:00

First Cold and Rainy Weekend

2007-12-12T07:19:00.000-08:00

Black and White

2007-11-26T20:29:00.001-08:00

Tid Bits of Riverside

2007-11-26T20:12:00.000-08:00

Municipal Fashion

2007-11-26T20:00:00.000-08:00

Fairmount Park

2007-11-26T19:24:00.000-08:00

Life Moments

2007-11-26T18:48:00.000-08:00

Kelly and Chloe

2007-11-26T18:15:00.000-08:00

Brother and Sister

2007-11-26T17:21:00.000-08:00

Art Show

2007-11-06T08:38:00.000-08:00

Nov. 1, 2007 enjoyed the company of friends, family and strangers as they celebrated with me in my first Art Show. It took place at the eclectic Life Arts building in downtown Riverside. Showed about 20 pieces in a great studio.

A few pix from that night.

New Work

2007-08-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

Began painting, creating as I have processed, needed an outlet.

Conserving Wastefulness (Newspaper, Photo, oil, canvas)

Port Townsend (Plywood, frame, photo, spray paint, acrylic)

Untitled (Newspaper, oil, plywood, frame, photo)

Restore my Pieces (photos, oil, canvas)

"All That Summer Conceals, Winter Reveals" -Annie Dillard (photo, oil, dried leaves, canvas)

New Piece

2007-07-10T09:41:00.000-07:00

Titled : ReDisconnected

Baby Dedication

2007-07-10T07:31:00.000-07:00

CBU Spirit of Excellence

2007-06-23T14:38:00.000-07:00

Black and Whites

2007-06-23T14:32:00.000-07:00

The Cobalt Season 07

2007-06-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Celebrate the Family -FSA

2007-06-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

Wedding Pix

2007-06-23T13:48:00.000-07:00

The Great Cross

2007-05-29T11:00:00.000-07:00

At FSA's auction The Great Cross sold as a live auction item for $1,300.

Item of Auction

2007-05-19T12:04:00.001-07:00

WhiteWave Photography is auctioning the folliowing piece tonight at Family Service Center's Gala.
It is multimedia of photography, cloth, and wood framings. The mosaic cross is a historic piece within Riverside. It was dedicated to the First Congregational Church by members of the Tavaglione family.