Spring Classes and the 100 Day Project So Far

by Jackie | Mar 11, 2024 | Artistic Process, Classes, Exhibitions, Galleries

Yesterday was the second Mixed Media Accordion Sketchbook Workshop at the Oak Park Art League, and it was just as fun as the first one! Thanks to all who participated and helped them both sell out!! I will definitely be scheduling more workshops along these lines in...

Sketchbook Workshops and the 100 Day Project

by Jackie | Feb 20, 2024 | Artistic Process, Classes

Two fun things going on at the moment – First, I am teaching two Mixed Media Accordion Sketchbook Workshops at the Oak Park Art League, one this coming Sunday, February 25, from 10:00-2:00, and the other a few Sundays later on March 10. The first one sold out...

December Show & Collaborative Experiment

by Jackie | Dec 6, 2023 | Collaboration, Exhibitions, Galleries

My work can be found at the Carriage House Gallery in Oak Park for the month of December, and I’ve got two new pieces in the show! They are mixed media pieces I started as class demos this fall, and liked them enough to keep going and build them into their own...

Drawing at the Conservatory and Other Springtime Adventures …

by Jackie | Apr 21, 2023 | Classes, Exhibitions, Galleries

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune of being invited to accompany my friend Jill to the Garfield Park Conservatory to draw, and it was a really sweet couple of hours we spent going from greenhouse to greenhouse, taking it all in and sketching all kinds of flora. I...

Paintings for a Scottish Pianist’s Concert Series

by Jackie | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized

I just finished a series of eleven paintings for the Scottish pianist Kate Durran so she can have them at her 2022 concert series in Scotland and England. I first encountered Kate in 2009 for the Ruckert Lieder series, as I explained in my last post. That time I just...