Monthly Newsletter Archive: 2020
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Browse Jeannine’s archive of monthly creations below.
December 2020
“FANCY”
One in a series of three small studies on cardboard ~ 14 x14 inches. Silver nitrate,copper oxide,titanium powder,liver of sulphur, and salt
fan·cy
/ˈfansē/
2. ARCHAIC
(of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the
imagination rather than from life.
November 2020
“A Pinch of Time”
"26 X 40" Cyanotype,copper oxide,titanium powder,marigold ink, and salt.
As I age, I realize how little I know. Life is fun again because there is so much to learn!
"I am eiher the noise or the silence,
The chaos or the peace.
If I am the noise, I will blame you.
If I am the silence, I will forgive my belief that you are the noise."
October 2020
“Grace”
25" X 37" Handmade Korean Hanji Paper, multiple cyanotype exposures, borax and salt.
Yugen is an East-Asian aesthetic defined by mysterious grace. It is allusive rather than explicit. Here shapes twirl and disolve in a beautiful dance of change.
September 2020
“Confluence”
17" X 21" Handmade Japanese Kitakata Gampi Paper, cyanotype exposed on cardboard.
~ A marriage of opposites ~
In this picture lowly and noble papers harmonize. They merge without resistance, yet each manages to assert the beauty of its unique characteristics. I learn a lot from paper.
August 2020
“Just For Fun”
Silo City / Any size, any time, any place, any ground
Do you ever wonder what lies beyond infinity?
JULY 2020
“Matter”
25" X 37" ~ "Cham Dak" ~ Handmade Korean Hanji paper. An explosion of materials.
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.” ~ Alan Watts
JUNE 2020
“Blue Lotus”
24.5" X 32.5" Framed ~ Cyanotype, pigment and gold gesso sandwiched in three layers of vellum
The Blue Lotus in Buddhism is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the senses. It is often depicted as a bud whose heart is unseen. The flower rises from the mud and opens to the sunlight.
MAY 2020
“Primal”
24 kt gold leaf and pigment on vellum with Japanese tissue paper
I hesitate to name a picture like this. It is whatever delights you. The translucent, milky background holds gold, in flight, as it rises above a rich darkness. Birth, before birth, before death.
April 2020
“Beneath My Feet. Above My Head”
24" X 24" ~ Layers of Handmade Mexican amate paper and Japanese papers, cyanotype, gouache, enamel and 24kt gold leaf.
There is this myth of the cosmic egg where heaven and earth separate and duality is born. You and me.
March 2020
“One”
9" X 13" Framed ~ Handmade Mexican amate paper, cyanotype, enamel, Japanese tissue paper, gold dust, a leaf, and a twig. One in a vignette of three.
I read somewhere on the internet that art provides immunity to the coronavirus! Let's feed those antibodies. A big thank you to Barbara, Mary Ann, Sarah and Rich. I hope that the pieces you chose bring you many smiles and a legion of white blood cells.
February 2020
“Nonage”
13.5 x ”13.5 x ”13.5 x 10.5 Pigment print on vellum, backed in 24kt gold leaf
Early morning on a snowy spring day; blossoms, snow and dawn! An omen I hope of a flowering awareness of my own body's connection to the earth. I am optimistically awaiting snow in Buffalo.
January 2020
“A Nod to Sappho”
24" X 32" Cyanotype, enamel, gouache, and glue, on handmade Mexican amate paper
Sappho was an Archaic Greek poet. Of her nine books of lyrics, written on papyrus, only one poem has survived in its entirety. The rest are fragments. My choice of paper here is a handmade Mexican amate, which, like papyrus, is imperfect and fragile.