Stu Jenks' Fezziwig Press (I'm just a simple man...)

“Bertie Jenks Lester, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” © 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Bertie Jenks Lester, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” © 2020 Stu Jenks, 61 inches tall.

Price: $395, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

 

The story of great aunt Bertie's murder can be found at the link provided here. I strongly suggest you read that. It's a terrible Jenks family tragedy and the story of a shameful family secret. Again, the story as I know it is at a prior post of this website.

I considered writing a fictionalized short novel about Aunt Bertie in 1913-14 Richmond, Virginia, but frankly, it's hard enough just occasionally thinking about what happened to her and the kids. I don't want to live 6 months to a year with this horror as I write the book. I don't think I could emotionally weather it. I'm tough but I'm not that tough.

Honestly, the truth is story enough.

Bertie, wherever you are, I hope your soul rests in peace. I'm so sorry what our family did and didn't do for you, and for Jimmy and Gracie. Shameful  

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#bertiejenkslester, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

“Annie Gordon, Two Saguaro Walking Sticks, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2019 [Extended Family Series]

“Annie Gordon, Two Saguaro Walking Sticks, Arizona” © 2019 Stu Jenks 43 & 49 inches tall.

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

Not for sale. In possession of Annie Gordon. Photos taken by Annie Gordon at her home in Tucson.

 

Annie and I have know each other since forever. We were initially lovers and now we are life long friends. Beside being a renowned massage therapist in Tucson, she is also an accomplished and celebrated fiber artist, pushing the quilt format past its humble beginnings, pressing the form to new contemporary heights. If I were you, I would buy her stuff. The link to her Etsy store is right here.

I own three of her pieces myself.

And Annie owns two of my sticks.

Fly high, Annie. Pet the cats for me, and tell Duncan and Fergus to let you sleep in from time to time.

#anniegordon, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

“Baby Jesus (Santo Nino), Saguaro Rib, Arizona” (c) Stu Jenks 2020. [Extended Family Series]

“Baby Jesus (Santo Nino), Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 36 inches tall, (c) Stu Jenks 2020.

Price: $150, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

I made walking sticks for most of my in-laws last Christmas. Thought the Baby Jesus should have one too.

#stujenks, #santonino, #babyjesus, #extendedfamilyseries.

 

 

“Zeeba, Granddaughter of Balthazar, Saguaro Ribs, Arizona” © 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Zeeba, Granddaughter of Balthazar, Saguaro Ribs, Arizona” © 2020 Stu Jenks, 77 inches tall.

Price: Not for sale. In the collection of the artist. This piece however can be loaned out to be part of gallery and museum shows.

 

Zeeba is a title character in my Christmas book Balthazar & Zeeba. I love her to death.

It's rare that I won't sell a piece of my art, but this one means a lot to me. I stroke its surface often as I pass it on my way to bed.

If you need an odd but sweet Christmas story to read around the holidays, Balthazar & Zeeba might just be your thing.

Ho, ho, ho.

#zeeba, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries.

“Baltazar, A Wise Man From The East, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2020 [Extended Family Series]

“Baltazar, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2020, 76 inches tall.

Price: $795, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

Balthazar is one of The Three Wise Men From The East in Jesus' nativity story. He is also a character in my holiday novel, Bathazar & Zeeba. I know. Again, like prior wall pieces named after literary characters, I'm not going to say much, just in case you end up reading the book.

But he is a righteous dude, as you can imagine. And he loves his granddaughter Zeeba very much.

 

#balthazar, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

“The Artist’s Wife, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2020 [Extended Family Series]

“The Artist’s Wife, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 55 inches tall, © Stu Jenks 2020

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

In 2019, I had to move back to Arizona for work, leaving Alexa here in North Carolina. I was gone about a year and a half. It was hard on us, but we made it through. What made it less difficult was making art with my wife in mind.

And yes, this does look just like her. Trust me.

“Alexa Jenks, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” (c) Stu Jenks 2019. [Extended Family Series]

“Alexa Jenks, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 68 inches tall, (c) 2019 Stu Jenks.

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

One of the first pieces I made for my wife Alexa. It's meant to show the lovely curve of her back. She has great bones and fabulous posture. She's sweet, smart and beautiful too. I'm a lucky guy.

#alexajenks, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

“Violet Tewa, Aspen Wood, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2020 [Extended Family Series]

“Violet Tewa, 45 inches, Aspen Wood, Arizona” © Stu Jenks 2020

Price: $250, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

Violet is a character from my second novel Air & Gravity. She is a Hopi Tribal Deputy. I don't want to say too much just in case you read the book. I don't want to spoil anything. But I will say that I really like her. Then again, I like all of my characters, but Violet is special to me. She feels like family.

#violettewa, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

"Abraham Lincoln, Saguaro Rib, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Abraham Lincoln, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 48 inches tall, © 2020 Stu Jenks.

 

Price: $295, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. All work is signed, dated, with its title. I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.

 

Lincoln. Do I really need to say anything more? I didn't think so.

#lincoln, #stujenks, #extendedfamilyseries

"Frederick Douglass, Saguaro Rib, Arizona" (c) 2020 Stu Jenks [Extended Family Series]

“Frederick Douglass, Saguaro Rib, Arizona” 86 inches, over 7 feet tall, © 2020 Stu Jenks

 

Price: $250, shipping not included. All pieces hang off the wall. (I will hand deliver the work to anywhere in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. I'll just need some gas money. Outside of the area, I will ship USPS, FedEx or UPS but it'll be pricey. We'll figure it out.)

 

Frederick Douglass was a major leader in the American Abolitionist Movement, and from what everyone said, could give a hell of speech.

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress," he once spoke. "Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

 

Rock on, Fred.

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