Life is always surprising me, and I try to bow to reality whenever it turns things upside down. I decided many years ago to proceed as though the Universe is intelligent, and we are constantly presented with choices that we must make for better or worse. In regard to producing visual art, what does that mean? Here are examples …
It’s been a long time since I have communicated with you all. A lot is changing in my world. On a very personal level My husband Carl took a bad fall in March and needed spinal surgery. He is recuperating from that trauma. Thank heaven he is receiving excellent rehabilitation care from some wonderful people. On another front the wonderful …
Greetings friends, I am honored to be in the February show at the Attic Gallery in Camas WA. The show features abstract artists and runs through February. When I work on abstract paintings, I see the painting as a character, a personality, and my job as the artist is to reveal the intent or meaning of that character. This can …
2 new pieces at the Portland Rental Sales Gallery. The Curtain. This abstract which has the feeling of a somewhat tattered beaded hanging simply evolved to the point where I finally realized , it’s a Curtain,so I emphasized that thought by adding the fringe on the bottom and the cord loops on the top. Evolving Lights. Evolving Lights , demanded …
One is named Bijoux, because bijou is French for jewelry. And that painting simply felt like a lot of suspended jewels. These paintings evolve and like I have learned, we humans treat or regard paintings as other humans at least that’s how our brains work, So when I’m working on the painting, I feel like I am communicating in an …
Join Jenny as she joins other artists in celebrating 40 years of McMenamins’ art! From the McMenamins website: Meet the unique artists who transform each McMenamins pub, hotel, restaurant, brewery, and music venue into a visual journey that sparks the imagination and reflects local history. Jenny Joyce, Cleo Hehn, Eona Skelton, Myrna Yoder, and Lillian Ripley share the stories and …
Jenny is part of a wonderful show in June of 30 abstract paintings at the Attic Gallery in Camas, WA. The exhibit runs though June and closes on July 1, so be sure to drop by and see this awesome gallery! The Attic Gallery is located at 421 NE Cedar St. in Camas, Washington. For more info, vist their website …
Thursday, April 13 was the reception for my paintings at Strand Gallery at OSU. I was extremely gratified to see so many friends at the opening reception. OSU did a masterful job of presenting and promoting this exhibition. I want to think the curator of the show, the extremely capable Owen Premore. he made it so easy for me to …
I am proud to be having a solo exhibit at OSU‘s Strand Agricultural Hall. This is something of a retrospective, covering roughly 10 years of work and ranging from straight landscape to surrealism and abstraction. Basically it follows the wanderings of my creative studio work, wherever the muse has led me. I love all these paintings no matter what the …
It has been weeks now since Lyle Hehn passed Away. It’s still hard to say “died.” He was not only a dear friend, but an incredible and foundational creator of the Mcmenamins look. What I guess your would call the visual brand of Mcmenamins. When I first met Lyle, he had already been very active for Mcmenamins, painting in the …