Jennie Philpott

Kat Bjelland by Jennie Philpott It doesn’t get much more trad than portrait paintings of women, unless you are NSCAD student Jennie Philpott and your series of oil paintings is a tribute to female underground singers. It’s a kickass twist on two male-dominated art forms. Danyell DeVille (of Hamilton punk band Pantychrist) growls right off a candy-coloured canvas, mic clutched in hand. Theo Kogan from the Lunchicks looks positively maniacal against a background of teenage pinks and purples. The portraits, which show theses ladies doing what they do best—-performing—-also includes Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland) and Mel Mongeon (Fuck the