Artist Bio

So I've been working towards some goals and in the process I've had to update my...pr materials(?). I generally don't like the thought of having to write an artist bio but it was required for something I want to do, so I buckled down and wrote one. I cannot say enough how helpful The Artist's Guide by Jackie Battenfield has been to me in several such occasion in helping me figure out how to market myself/my art. Anyway, here's the bio:

J M is a native of Utah.  After loving art growing up she studied painting and drawing at Brigham Young University and was fortunate enough to study with noted artist Wulf Barsch.  While at BYU M was introduced to techniques used by ancient Greek and Renaissance master artists, such as sacred geometry, the golden section and symbolism, all of which have become an integral part of her artwork.  Often M’s art draws inspiration from the likes of ancient Egyptian art, Classical Greek architecture, masonic art and symbolism, as well as Islamic geometric designs.

Since graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art in 2009, M’s work has been shown nationally in Connecticut and Georgia, and throughout the state of Utah in solo and group exhibitions including at the Springville Museum of Art.

Thoughts?

Check out the 28th Annual Spiritual and Religious Art Exhibition! I've got a piece in it and I'm so excited to be included in such a great show.

Oils?

So I've been wanting to get back to oil painting. I decided that with my current set up, if I was going to oil paint it would be better at this stage to use pre-streched and primed canvas (linen not cotton). Anyway there was a sale and I rashly went ahead and bought a beautiful canvas. Now I need to really get ready to use oils again and to not to ruin the canvas.

I just found about an artist through this interview, I quite like her work, check her out.

Terra Nova

I'm thrilled to have been asked to participate in the 10 year anniversary show at Terra Nova Gallery. It's great to be included with other artists in the area at this great gallery. Here's to 10 more years!

I've been switching off days lately of drawing and painting, and I've also started using micron pen for my drawings rather than pencil. It's been a good change for me a stretch if you will, When I draw I rely on shading but with the pen and ink it's always the same shade and so I have to figure out different ways to accomplish the same goal. It's a good challenge for me, gets me out of my comfort zone. I've been liking the results so far.

Drawing

I've been working on drawings lately. I don't know if I've brought this up before but I just don't love drawing like I love painting. It's harder for one thing. There's a lack of color for another thing. The results may not be as satisfying. There is a tedium in shading, and a frustration in trying to shade evenly. I had a classmate who could draw amazing photo realistic pieces, and I'm just not sure that I could do that, even if I gave drawing my very all. I can't crank out drawings the way I can some paintings, I can't really work on several drawings at once with out it taking the same amount of time as working on one at a time. I also was taught to draw on Arches 88, it's a paper meant for silk screening, it's very delicate, you can literally breath wrong on the stuff. But I'm drawing and I've got a deadline rapidly approaching for these drawings so here's hoping they can be worth the effort and materials.