The paintings are done and the installation has begun! Work by Jacklyn St. Aubyn and Jenni Higginbotham, ready to install Our work will be intermingled along the grid in the final installation. 4 x 4 inch paintings by Jean Reece Wilkey These are small paintings I’ve done, 52 of which will be used in the […]
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Praxis Collective artists
I just wrote an article about three of the Praxis Collective artists that will be in the Indra’s Net exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art. The artist’s are Tauna Cole, Robin Wiener Labe and Jenni Higginbotham. Check out the article about their work on the Praxis Collective blog where you can follow the […]
Praxis Collective artists
Jean Reece Wilkey, Kiwi on silver base, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches Tauna Cole, one of the members of the Praxis Collective, just wrote a blogpost highlighting the work of three Praxis artists, Isadora Stowe, Jacklyn St. Aubyn and me. Read it on the Praxis Collective blog.
Indra’s Net at the Las Cruces Museum of Art
Jean Reece Wilkey, Mango on brass candlestick, oil on panel, 4 x 4 inches In August I will be showing work as one of the 6 artist members of the Praxis Collective, in a collaborative installation called Indra’s Net. The show opens on 3 August and runs through September 8 at the Las Cruces […]
Glass plate project in Israel
I haven’t posted for 6 weeks because I was in Israel and have been quite busy since my return. I could have posted while I was away of course, but I was having too much fun! I was working on a project to copy old glass plates and make special enclosures to stabilize some of […]
My Studio Views
My studio is a great place to be. Although I once had a rather large space with high ceilings and french doors, my current studio is our two-car garage. A great space which, after insulating the door, is also a comfortable one. I recently traveled to Israel for a month of volunteer service at the […]
William Kentridge inspired drawings & fantastic birdhouses
My Drawing I students this semester were a talented bunch. One project was based on time. Showing time in a 2-D drawing generally involves sequencing panels, such as with comics and graphic novels. Sheila Mendez drew a multi-panel page based on classical Greek mythology but set in the present era. Here is a detail from […]
4 Exceptional Portraits
My beginning drawing classes at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University have just ended. Most of my beginning students want to draw portraits. In this project they represent themselves beyond a mere likeness. They learn the proportions and structure of the head and add conceptual underpinnings to make it more […]
It’s here! – The fine wine of oil paint
I received my shipment of Vasari Paint from the Paint Grant award! The paints come packaged so nicely it’s almost a shame to use them. But I can’t wait! The web site says Vasari is …truly a painter’s paint…the one paint that will make you a painter’s painter. I certainly hope so! It was so much fun […]
I’m a winner! Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors Grant
I am thrilled I was chosen a recipient of the $1000 Oil Paint Grant from Vasari Classic Artist’s Oil Colors. Vasari oil paint is very possibly some of the finest oil paint made. It’s a product of exceptional quality, made in a time-honored hand crafted manner that produces wonderfully saturated color. Steve Salek makes the […]
2012 Biennial UTEP Faculty show
The 2012 UTEP Department of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso ends today. Gallery director Kate Bonansinga always attracts excellent curators for the show. This year’s choice, Gwen F. Chanzit, Ph.D., is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and the Herbert Bayer collection and […]
2012 UTEP Faculty show – Esparza, Jaquez and Parish
Here are a few artists featured in the recent University of Texas El Paso 2012 Biennial faculty show at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, which closes today. Adrian Esparza Sequía de Sueños (Dream Drought) The work of El Paso artists often comments on the border and its challenges. Adrian Esparza’s […]