“By the Sea” Art Camp

by Jackie | Aug 8, 2016 | Classes, Residency

I had the honor of spending last week with fourteen 5-8 year olds, exploring life By the Sea, a camp idea inspired by my residency in Shetland earlier this year. This isn’t the first art camp I’ve taught but it’s been several years since the last...

Exhibition From My Residency in Shetland: June 24 – July 26

by Jackie | Jun 10, 2016 | Uncategorized

  I am busy finishing artwork and framing it to get ready to install this exhibit in a few weeks at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. I will have about thirty pieces total, half of which I completed in Shetland and half I completed over the last couple of...

Acrylic and Mixed Media at the Lighthouse

by Jackie | May 25, 2016 | Artistic Process, Exhibitions, Galleries, Residency

  I have three pieces in the Places & Spaces show at the Oak Park Art League, which runs until June 4. They are all from my residency and all three are mixed media pieces on birch board: I finished these three pieces toward the end of my residency, I guess I...

Watercolors: Part 2

by Jackie | May 2, 2016 | Artistic Process, Residency

Moving on to individual watercolor paintings, most of which took longer than 30 minutes to complete, and some of which I might frame … As I have mentioned previously, I had the good fortune to meet Shetland artist Peter Davis and see his watercolors up close and...

Watercolors: Part 1

by Jackie | Apr 28, 2016 | Artistic Process, Residency

When I started planning for this residency back in August of last year I had some visions of what sort of materials I would use, such as certain colors of acrylic paint (Sepia! Naples Yellow! Turquoise!), my collection of wax crayons and oil pastels, a roll of paper,...