Watercolors: Part 2
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
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,...
How Is It Already Week 3?!
A month-long residency is a long time, until suddenly it isn’t. Next Friday I have an open house and pieces that will be installed in the cafe here at the lighthouse, coinciding with its opening to the public for the 2016 season. Next Friday! In eight days. Of...
Week 1 of Living at the Lighthouse
Yesterday I put all of the work I’ve done in the first week of my residency in the big panoramic room just to see what it all looked like together and to look for commonalities and any sort of themes/colors/threads emerging. Upon looking and then reflecting...
An Artist Residency in Shetland
On Monday I am going to fly to Shetland, where I will be spending the month of March as the artist-in-residence at the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse! I can hardly believe myself that this actually happening, but I get to stay in the Keeper’s Flat at the lighthouse —...Follow Jackie
