New Work: Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #2

 

New work: Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #2

In this series, I am reimagining vintage table linens so they work in, with, or against the grids of construction fences. 

These  paintings incorporate sections of vintage cross-stitched table cloths and runners, monoprinted the textures of construction fences combined with handpainting, handstamping, collage, and stitching, on stiffened fabric.

Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #2 is mixed media on stiffened fabric that measures 18.5” x 15.5”

Starting Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #3

 

I finished Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #2 last night and immediately laid out the base fabric and some pieces of vintage embroideries as a start to Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #3, which is about 8" x 33" to represent a table runner. I'll be working on it this week, as well as my walking painting as we are 7.5 weeks away from the end of the year and there’s a lot to do to finish it, and there’s a new Wordle painting to start that is based on my custom made puzzle that 22 people (so far) have solved and sent me their results. I have lots of time to work during my weeklong staycation since I have to limit walking on my broken foot.

More New Work in Progress

I’m off from my day job for the week and I’m going to finish this second painting in my Vintage Table Linens Reimagined series, and then work on a number of other new paintings. 

Try my Wordle!

In January of this year, I exhibited paintings I created from the results from my playing Wordle.

Yesterday I learned that people can create their own Wordles with 4-7 characters and share their puzzle with others.

I am challenging those of you who are interested, to play mine that has 7 letters, and after you do it, whether you are successful or not, to screenshot your results and email them to me at jeanne@jeannewilliamson.com. I hope to make a painting or paintings with the results I receive.

Have fun, and thank you.

Weekend and Vacation in the Studio

Looking forward to working in my art studio this weekend and much of next week because I have the whole week off. I’m going to finish the left painting and work on some new ones. 

Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025

This is the month of October in my Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.

The green dots represent my foot injury from the end of September, when I thought it was a sprain, to show my limited walking.

At the end of October, a month after I injured it, I had a MRI and found out that I actually fractured some bones in my foot, and it wasn’t a sprain. After meeting with a podiatrist, I was told to limit my walking to under 2 miles a day for at least the next month, and to wear hiking boots for support. 

To mark an increased walking limitation, I am using the same green paint as the dots, but to mostly cover the black icon design.

Below is my walking in 2025 so far, with room for the rest of the year. The gold background paint represents days off from work, including weekends, holidays and vacations. The red represents walking 10,000 steps or more, and the yellow icon represents over 20,000 steps.

New Work in Progress

I’m always happy when the sun is shining, but wish for a moment it isn’t because I want to photograph my monthly progress on my 2025 walking painting this morning. I’ll try to do it in a few hours.