My Parents’ Love Story

by Jackie | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

I didn’t know about this until two days prior to the story being published in Philadelphia’s biggest newspaper, but I wouldn’t have expected anything different. My mom isn’t one to be public about anything. I am actually surprised she and dad...

Beyond 100 National Juried Exhibition

by Jackie | Aug 26, 2021 | Uncategorized

It’s the Oak Park Art League’s 100th Anniversary this year, and part of the celebration is coming up next month, and I am delighted to have a painting that has been accepted into the National Juried Exhibition, “Beyond 100”! It will be on from...

July Road Trips and Digital Vacation

by Jackie | Aug 7, 2021 | Uncategorized

July was the month of driving, and I don’t mean that lightly. I haven’t added it up but I clocked something in the neighborhood of 3,000 miles on my car between July 7 and 31. It was part vacation, visiting family, bringing family to our house in IL,...

It’s not what you look at, it’s how you see it

by Jackie | Jun 14, 2021 | Artistic Process, Classes, Exhibitions, Galleries

Today is the last day of my work being over at Kettlestrings Tavern in Oak Park, and I am taking a break from teaching classes for the summer – except for co-facilitating a live plein air painting day at the Oak Park Art League on Sunday, June 27 from 10-2:00 to...

Current Shows and Classes

by Jackie | May 17, 2021 | Classes, Exhibitions

My piece in the current exhibition at the Oak Park Art League, “Intersection: Art & Word” is one I thought I finished in 2017, but I had it hanging on my studio wall and every time I walked past it something would make me stop and think,...