Seasonal Fence Print at Crate & Barrel

Nice to see Seasonal Fence Print, a print of my painting Seasonal Fences - Spring #3, in the latest Crate & Barrel catalog! 

As a painting, Seasonal Fences - Spring #3 is mixed media on board, and it measures 22" x 10" x 1".

The Seasonal Fence Print at Crate & Barrel is a giclee print on paper, signed by the artist (me). It measures 30"W x 0.75"D x 60"H framed, and has been available in stores, online and in some catalogs since last August. You can see other details on their website. 

Coming soon: Artist-in-Residence and Exhibit

Happy March! This is a preview of what I'll be doing starting on March 17th, though I have been doing some printing/painting samples in my studio in preparation.

The write up is in the March/April issue of Art New England. They have the date of my Opening reception as April 22nd, but the date has been switched to April 23rd, which I corrected above. Please save the date if you're nearby, and also feel free to stop by from noon-5pm weekdays while I'm the Artist-in-Residence, and watch me work on this new series.

More New Work, and Another New Home

I created three new pieces in my latest series this past week weekend, Tiled Fence Photos #3, Tiled Fence Photos #4 and Tiled Fence Photos #5.

Tiled Fence Photos #3

Tiled Fence Photos #4 

The photos from Tiled Fence Photos #3, and Tiled Fence Photos #4 were taken in Jackson WY many years ago.

Tiled Fence Photos #5

The Tiled Fence Photos #5 photo was taken in Boston in January.

One or more of these new pieces will be on exhibit in the 8x8 ALL-MEMBERS' Group Show at Fountain Street Fine Art in Framingham MA in April.

There are now a total of five in this series that focuses on photos of actual construction fences, that are combined with monoprints of construction fences. I plan on adding more work to this series over the next few months.

Tiled Fence Photos #2

I originally created Tiled Fence Photos #1 for my submission to the show, and after posting it online, it was purchased ahead of the show. Then I created Tiled Fence Photos #2 and that has also been purchased.

Tiled Fence Photos #1

All of the work in the Tiled Fence Photos Series are mixed media on 8" x 8" x 1.5" cradled board
. It would be cool if the new pieces find new homes too, but one never knows what will be of interest to collectors.

New Home, New Work, Three Variations on a Theme

In my planning ahead for 8x8 ALL-MEMBERS' Group Show, at Fountain Street Fine Art in Framingham MA in April, I created Tiled Fence Photos #1 (below). After I posted it on social media a few days ago, someone reached out to the Gallery and has agreed to purchase it.

Because of my not wanting to miss out of participating in the show, and also my having another idea for work using this same photo taken on a walk at the Boston Esplanade in December, I created Tiled Fence Photos #2 (above). This piece combines monoprinted and stitched textures of a construction fence with a tiled photo of Tiled Fence Photos #1. The detail isn’t as sharp, but I like the grid within the grid.

Tiled Fence Photos #2 will now be my submission to the 8x8 show. For the show, each artist was invited to create up to 2 pieces 8" x 8" pieces on wood panel, that will be for sale for $150. The sale price is a bit cheaper than I usually sell my work, but I do want to participate in this show.

Earlier this month, I also created 12 x 12 x 12 February 2014 (above), which measures 12" x 12", and is a much more complex piece with the same photo. Now that I’ve made three different pieces using the same photo, I guess it’s time to move on to other construction fence photos, which I am preparing to do.

Both Tiled Fence Photos #1 and TiledFence Photos #2 are mixed media on 8" x 8" x 1.5" cradled board
. I hope #2 finds a nice home too.

New Work

Planning ahead for a show in April, I created this yet unnamed piece, which will be on exhibit at the 8x8 ALL-MEMBERS' Group Show, at Fountain Street Fine Art in Framingham, MA from April 3 - 27, 2014.

Each artist was invited to create up to 2 pieces 8" x 8" pieces on wood panel, that will be for sale for $150. The sale price is a bit cheaper than I usually sell my work, but I do want to participate in this show.

I created this piece with a leftover photo I took while on a walk at the Boston Esplanade on December 21st, which was an usually warm winter day. I was interested in the color and perspective of the orange construction fence, in contrast to the color of the tree and the snow of the ground.

Earlier this month, I created 12 x 12 x 12 February 2014, which is a much more complex piece with the same photo.

I hope it finds a nice home once it's on exhibit.

12 x 12 x 12 February 2014

I am very excited about the 12 x 12 x 12 I created for February. For months I’ve been experimenting with how to incorporate photos in my work. This month I cut the photo and tiled it on the stitched monoprint of a construction fence.

Previously I used photos for my January 12 x 12 x 12, and in my Jumbled up Fence Photos Collage series.

In January, the whole photo was layered over the stitched mono printed of fence pattern.

For the Fence Photos Collage series, I cut into the photos, and positioned them around the monoprints.

Next up, I think, is a series of photos of my grandfather’s Tallis (Jewish prayer shawl) that will be incorporated with stitched monoprints of fence patterns. This series will be a created to link the use of the Tallis with a series of Chappahs  (Jewish wedding canopies), I’ll be creating when I’m the Artist-in-Residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University from March 17 - April 11, 2014. More info about that soon.

The 12 x 12 x 12 monthly series is my monthly time to play with materials or an idea. I just started my eighth year working on this series. Each piece is mixed media on 12" x 12" x 1" board. You can read past posts about this series here on my blog, or see all of the completed work on my website.

Work on exhibit in the February issue of Yew Journal

My work is on exhibit in the February issue of Yew Journal, paired with the poetry of Stacy Kidd.

There is a wonderful Bios page for all of the authors and artists, which is a fun read. This is mine:

Jeanne Williamson has a collection of over 500 Pez dispensers, 100 bottle openers, and 50 eyewash cups, and she shares a birthday with Garfield the Cat.

For more information about the Yew Journal, here are Issue Details.