About this project
I have been accepted into an artist residency program (La Fragua) in rural Spain to spend some intensive time on my latest series of encaustic paintings. I will be starting from a set a bare-bones sketches and from there will allow the setting of Spain to influence the final paintings.
Constructing a home can be a physical endeavor with nails and wood but it can also be an emotional endeavor using memory and experience to construct a place to rest one’s soul. My work is centered around images of both attempting to find a place in this world to call home and learning to be satisfied with who I am and build a home inside myself. My use of mixed media encaustic is a process of layering and constructing in a way that builds the physical pieces along with the imagery.
The imagery of home and houses represents a sense of self - when the home is in danger, the self is in danger; when the home is strong, the self is strong. The idea of safety and building a safe home are present as I find the places in my life where I can fully realize hope and dreams. I often feel like life tosses me about, the world is falling to pieces, and everyone wants me to feel no hope, so some of my paintings reflect this. Slowly I am learning how to build a life and a way of being that acknowledges the struggles but also binds me to faith and hope in order to build a safe home. My work reflects both these thoughts and experiences.
As I become more engaged in my painting I am looking to utilize the space provided by a residency to continue and more fully realize my series of paintings on home and self, working through the sketches and imagery I have accumulated and not yet painted. Concentrating on finally committing these paintings to paper is my residency project.
The residency provides me with studio space, insurance, housing and a show at the end of my time there. The residency costs $900 for the month. I will also need to pay for airfare, in-country travel, food, and art supplies. I estimate my total costs to be around $2500, so any money raised beyond my goal of $2000 will be used!
Thank you for reading about my project. Stay up-to-date on http://www.jessgreenestudio.com/blog/
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Your name listed as a sponsor in the side-column of my blog, plus a 6"x6" ORIGINAL "study" painting of your choice produced in Spain during the residency and a hand-written "Thank You" note sent from Spain.
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Your name listed as a sponsor in the side-column of my blog, plus a 12"x12" ORIGINAL painting of your choice from the "home" series produced in Spain during the residency and a hand-written "Thank You" note sent from Spain.
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Jess Greene is an encaustic artist living in Western Massachusetts with her husband and two dogs. She just launched a website called Seek Your Course (seekyourcourse.com) that serves to unite the online art community and provide a place to find creative learning opportunities. Creative people can find ecourses, retreats and conferences to attend. Artists can list where and what they are teaching. Her future includes lots of blogging, traveling, paintings and throwing a ball for the dogs.
