by Jackie | Jun 17, 2018 | Classes, Exhibitions, Life
I’ve got twenty paintings up at Counter Coffee, at 7324 W. Madison Street, Forest Park, until the end of June. It’s a great independent coffee shop with a very inviting atmosphere and locally sourced food and dairy. They are right in the middle of downtown...
by Jackie | Dec 11, 2017 | Classes, Exhibitions, Galleries, Life
Wrapping up 2017, I’ve got a bunch of paintings at Gather in Evanston. I’ve combined several from my most recent series with some of the alphabet paintings from 2014. They live together nicely as both series have a colorful, story-like thing happening, so...
by Jackie | Nov 14, 2017 | Artistic Process, Exhibitions, Galleries, Life
The October juried exhibition, We Are Enough, was combined with another curated show titled Solidarity and Survivorship at the Oak Park Art League, and I had pieces in both. Both are moving testaments to life and acceptance and harsh realities and celebration, and I...
by Jackie | Nov 24, 2016 | Artistic Process, Exhibitions, Galleries, Life, Residency
I have a show going on until mid-January at the wonderful gallery/community kid art space, Gather, in Evanston, Illinois. It is a show of work I would call spontaneous, in that it is based on the idea of a painting-a-day, and so I spent most of October making...
by Jackie | Apr 18, 2016 | Life, Residency
I mentioned the other day that I might write a post exclusively about the pastries and treats I came across in Shetland, and here we are! I can’t help it, they are that good. And that abundant. But first I have to share photos from the going-away tea my friends...
by Jackie | Apr 13, 2016 | Life, Residency
Back in Oak Park now for almost a week. It still feels unreal to be home and I cannot get over how quickly everything seemed to happen over the last six, now almost seven, weeks! It was a whirlwind, honestly. People asked me many times if I ever felt isolated or bored...