alison jardine

The seeing of not seeing from Alison Jardine

August 5, 2011

Dan McCarthy, and media executive and writer who writes the drmstream website, recently wrote this beautiful poetic response to my work. I was particularly moved to see his very succinct summary of my work (probably worded better than I could write it myself For the past year or so I’ve been fol­low­ing the work of [...]

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Inspiration is Irrelevant

February 13, 2010

A very charming student from a local college visited me in my studio a few weeks ago, as they had to choose a living artist whose work they liked on whom to write a paper. She had literally twenty questions to ask me. One of the questions, the last one, stopped me in my tracks [...]

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Stars, Sunday and Spackle

September 14, 2009

Sunday sped by slinkily, as I painted from dawn till dusk (nearly) at my new studio space. I worked on  my Starshine (Before the Dawn) abstraction and by the end of the day I had made great progress. One more session should get it to where I can stop work on it. My husband and [...]

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Paint & Nails

September 8, 2009

We spent most of today at my new studio~gallery. We made huge progress not only in the phsycial appearance today, but also in my conception of how I will be best able to ustilize the space. These four photographs show a progression of work today. More to come soon!

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New Studio Gallery ~ First Photos!

September 7, 2009

This Labor Day weekend has been the start of my lease on this new studio & gallery space. We spent time setting up yesterday, and today we will continue getting things into their proper places. Eventually, I plan to spend my days here painting, in blessed isolation In the meantime, I aim to fill it [...]

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Trees are growing up…

May 14, 2009

Well, back to the studio today. After some gratifying reordering and cleaning of my supplies, I got to work on these two paintings, both with deadlines fast approaching. I hope to complete them tomorrow. I am working with a very smooth (and classic) medium mixture for these, of 1/3 damaar varnish, 1/3 stand oil, and [...]

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Painting and WordPress ~ works in progress!

May 12, 2009

I’ve had a frustrating morning trying to work on my new wordpress site, but with a little help (thanks Amy!) it’s starting to come together. The work shown above is still a work in progress ~ I aim to complete it before the end of the week, and will post an update. It is a [...]

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Worldly Goods

May 5, 2009

If we are creating art, are we creating it for other people? Do we find ourselves modifying what we do to ‘sell’, like producing a reality TV show, rather than scripted drama, because it’s easier? Lisa Jardine in her book “Worldly Goods” argues that this has been going on since there was a market to [...]

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Trees Series ~ the beginning…

May 4, 2009

This painting is of the trees seen when looking up, on one of the first days of Spring this year in Texas. It created a strange, overexposed effect, with branches being white and edged in light against the sky. This is the first in a themed series, all inspired by the trees in the air. [...]

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