This sums it up...

Ambivalence Portrayed

2007

11'' x 14"

my art "career"

Over the summer I went back to the place I came from. Only to realize how much I have outgrown my hometown.

These are some drawings that I'm using for 2 more paintings on My I of the Diamond Sky series. Four 9" x 12" paintings to finish and then I will have a total of 13 paintings that will be ready to exhibit.

As You Drift Past

I On Sky

Another part I will focus on is the "business" aspect

of my art "career." So that I may have an actual successful career, aside from just being an artist (which matters to me the most). Being just an artist doesn't quite pay the bills. So if anyone out there has any pertinent information to share with me about getting my art out to the public and the marketplace PLEASE let me know. All constructive advice is much appreciated

Of Sky - pencil

This is one of those lucky days when the drawing just comes right out so easily and quickly. This almost never happens to me. This is the drawing for the last painting of the "My I Of The Diamond Sky" series. I am very close to finishing this series, but I'm still lacking time at this point. I had plans to write a little piece of information for each painting. We will see if that comes about. I may need a little motivation, such as a gallery owner happening upon this blog and having great insight may realize I might have a cohesive group of small painting that would exhibit nicely in a public space. This is a rough scan of a pencil drawing. I am in the process of adding ink to this drawing.

Oh where did all the time go?

“Time Lease” - ink on paper, 14” x 17”

WELL, I finally got around to scanning this

drawing which took 4 different scans and I had to piece it altogether. I’m not going to even mention the time that was involved in just making a digital image to display. I apologize for the lack of perfection in my computer skills as an artist. I have no training in using technological tools. Software for artists, is there really any out there worth the trouble? If I had any extra time perhaps I could learn some. This ties into the theme of this drawing, which also explains my infrequent posting on this blog. Holidays, family illness, school functions and desperate attempts at disciplining a 2 year old boy (the list goes on) has made me lose focus of my priorities. Bear with me it won’t always be this way.

Finished!... and beginning

“Picture Self” - oil on canvas - 9” x 12” - part of “My I Of The Diamond Sky” series

A finished painting! Yes I know I probably need to

retake this picture. Now that Daylight Savings Time has occurred, I thought perhaps I could get the right lighting to take pictures in the morning. But know I’m thinking I should have waited another half hour. I have been rather anxious to post this painting since I finished it about 2 weeks ago.

This is the background of “Picture Self” I suppose if I gave up self imposing my paintings I could probably make some money selling my background paintings. I don’t choose to leave well enough alone yet.

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Here is the beginning of a new painting - the background of course. This is part of a triptych, size 22"x 28" The motif is a banana.

Topography of hands

Topography of hands - (definition) mapping of surface features: the study and mapping of the features on the surface of land, including natural features such as mountains and rivers, the hand of this artist and constructed features such as highways and railroads 2. area’s features: the features on the surface of a particular area 3. description of structure: a study or detailed description of the various features of any object or entity or the symbolic meaning of my hand and the relationships of all the elements and representative subjects in this drawing

Such as eggs symbolizing ideas not ready to be hatched - which are being stowed away for when there is time to bring those concepts to life...un-hatched, un-emerging.
I will be emerging... I will be emerging forever...

not the prescribe artist existence

This is an ink drawing I started a few days ago -

still in the early stages. My idea for it is to convey the feeling of not ever having the time or energy I need to devote to my painting. I thought of a resting figure depicting myself being tired from constantly going at a fast pace in my life and a figure that symbolizes being pulled in various directions. There is hands on the outer edges that signify myself and members of my family and our needs that need to be met. The overall idea for the title is the lag I feel in the lack of time I have right now in my life. I feel like the series of paintings I have been working on is starting to get stale. My interest in it and some other ideas for paintings are starting to lag because of the lost time due to everyday demands.

I’m not worried about my series never being

completed. I just needed to do something completely different to motivate myself and this drawing is it. I’m expressing that frustration of not ever having the time I need.

Being an artists makes trying to accommodate the

rest of the world challenging because I am not always able to go at my own pace. It seems to be a work in progress, trying to find a good balance. I don’t believe in living the prescribe artist existence of little sleep and no thought to personal health or concerns of other family members. I feel that I’m just as much an artist as anyone else, but my family matters as much as my art and how I go about living and creating is very individualized. If I get sucked into cyberspace I’m still an artist whether those out there who claim utter devotion to their craft like it or not!

interest in art

I first became interested in art as a means to escape the drudgery of my school days. As I doodled I made shapes and forms that I imagined, creating my own reality. I became absorbed with pushing the real world away with unexplainable images.

A reoccurring theme I use to make a connection between my inner reality and concrete reality is the human figure - the essence of a contemporary feminine form.

This is the beginning of my blog, which I will use to post the progress of my paintings. I will share my thoughts, feelings and ideas of my perspective.

Jeanne Fortune