Sometimes I catch myself thinking:

How did I get here?

To be sitting, in this place, at this desk

in this house

on this day.

Looking back, I know that none of it was planned.

Decisions made

(Sometimes in moments of panic)

Trying so hard to know:

Is this the right choice

or wrong?

Opportunities taken that seemed crazy and daring and hugely uncomfortable

Turned out to be the right ones.

Moments when life hurled along at top speed

feeling like “I don’t have enough time for this’

Then to have it come to a crashing halt

for something that needs my full attention

And how, at those times

the days slowed down to a snail’s pace

and I waited.

For good news or more bad news. Wishing I had more time.

The things that worried me at 15 are not the same that worry me at 55

The more I thought about it

I wondered about the people who made up the first half of my life

But are gone for good from the second half.

I am documenting this moment

when I realized the choices I made,

the people that I met

(The good ones and bad)

came together in just the right way

to get me where I needed to be

Right now.

How Did I Get Here?

Opening October 11, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Show Catalog available for viewing

Artist Talk - Saturday October 19 at 1:00 demo to follow

Workshop - Saturday October 26, 1:00-3:00

How to make a living as an artist

ArtWRKD

128 South State St.

Newtown, PA

I am looking forward to sharing what I discover

with you.

Jeanine

I began this year journeying away from the studio. I left behind my bags of clay and my work tools. Bringing with me only a sketchbook and watercolors. It was the first time since the pandemic that I was away from clay.

I was in search of a new creative process. All of my early sculptures were created in short spurts of time capturing the fleeting magic of a creative idea, much like gesture drawing. But this process did not serve when I began to push the boundaries. As the sculptures grew and I was creating without a clear end in mind, I found myself stuck. Clay figures draped in plastic shrouds collected in the corners of my studio.

During this time away I turned the process around. I began drawing small ‘intuitive’ drawings. The sketches were quick, with no purpose or expectation. Capturing the essence of ideas that would float up. Later I would return to color them in and to excavate the meaning behind the art. What did the masks mean? The sharp teeth… faces and more faces? What did it all mean?

I then developed the ideas from my sketchbook in 3-D or clay by creating small maquettes. Once the larger sculptures were completed, early mornings found me sitting with the art to write what I saw. The stories came out. Slowly at first, but with practice more steadily.

This collection is a record of that journey. In the main gallery you will find the largest, finished sculptures. As you descend to the lower gallery you will encounter the beginning of the journey. On display are the original drawings, maquettes and early sculptures as well as the stories behind the art.

On view at:

Monmouth University, Ice House Gallery, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch, NJ 07764

September 18 - December 2, 2022

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm. Weekends by appointment.

My original sculptures were quite small and over the past two years I have slowly been working on a larger scale.

It’s been a challenge for me to grow in size and each new sculpture brings with it a new set of challenges but the journey has been exhilarating and just what I needed during a period of lockdown and isolation.

If you are interested in any of these pieces, please contact me for prices and availability.

When travel stopped in the early spring of 2020 I think we were all stunned. For me, a spring riding adventure in Ireland and a summer cruise fell by the wayside, with no plans to write them into the calendar any time soon.

All the spring art fairs were cancelled then the summer and the fall’s….Ideas started to come to me.

The first fish car emerged in April, followed by a knight riding a dragon and then a second fish car. The idea of creating a series based on whimsical travel sprung to life. I could not physically travel but I could create a world where journeying was a possibility. Oh! What fun I would have.

I have continued to create this series even as the world has begun to open up.

Contact me for availability and pricing.