Jessalyn Claire Studios
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About the Artist

 
 

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Today I am working on a project that requires watercolor. Sadly, my Winsor & Newton palette was just too crusty and crowded to use well. So, I took it apart and cleaned it up. It was like erasing history. All of the beautiful spots and stains, the markings of ten plus years of art, down the drain to make space for the now. That’s a life metaphor if I’ve ever heard one.
After a few weeks of travel, it’s good to be back at my table. After a some unpacking, maybe I’ll even get to paint a little today.
A year ago my little book project was barely more than a concept and a couple of illustrations. Many things have transpired since then, both good and bad, but all at just the right pace. Things are picking up, but this week I’m taking a bit to just enjoy good things coming my way and bask in how much has happened in a year. The indigo bunting was my first book illustration. At least as far as I can recall... I didn’t get a lot of sleep in that time period so my memory is a bit foggy.
What a wonderful morning! Thank you to everyone who stopped in, and thank you to Texas Star Trading Co. for making it such a success. Books are still available in the shop even though we’re long gone, happily sipping tea in our comfy pants... well, one of us anyway.
If you’re going downtown for the Children’s Art and Literature Festival this weekend, stop by my Little Birder window mural. Snap a photo! (It’s the N 5th side of the building) (Swipe to see progress photos.)
If you’re in Abilene, come by the Wagstaff building on Cypress and N.5th to see the window painting of the mockingbird from Little Birder.