Once I realized I wanted to not only start painting again, but to start sharing and selling those paintings, I found myself wondering how to do that in a way that was cohesive with my existing jewelry brand.
Turns out I shouldn’t have been that worried, because after giving myself room to play, I’m starting to settle into a body of work that feels related to my jewelry but also has a voice of its own.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that someone who loves working in steel wire should be drawn to dark lines in her paintings as well. And just like in my jewelry, I’m simplifying shapes down to a more modern, graphic essence.
But while my jewelry features simplified leaf forms (taken from the patterns of my MFA thesis), my paintings distill the shapes of the landscape where I live. (Which, in case you didn’t know, is a small town in Pennsylvania in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.)
But it’s not only the local landscape that is inspiring my work. I’ve been thinking (and reading) a lot about the tension between connection and isolation that our current use of technology creates (something I’m even more aware of living in the middle of nowhere!) and those ideas have been bubbling up while I work on these graphic abstract paintings as well.
I’ve been so excited to start to find my voice in painting (since there’s no denying I’ve got a pretty clear one when it comes to my jewelry) and I love that I get to share that with you! I just added nine new paintings to my online store, click here to check them out now!
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