Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Friday, May 31, 2013

Took third place in the Outside/In juried show for my mixed media piece titled "Before Banishment from the Garden" and it Sold!

Monday, March 18, 2013

The UNF North Florida Art History Legacy Art Program

Started by Jen Jones Art , Phyllis Andruszkiewicz and Shirley Hallblade in 2008 -- today we completed the development of the only permanent & public North Florida Art History Art Collection in existence (for and housed at The University of North Florida Library)...it includes hundreds of important pieces and is officially final. This is a monumental moment. Installation of the last wave takes place April 26. Gala to thank and share is June 7.
I donted my woodcut 2'x4' "Flow of the River" for this collection.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Vision - Perception


Vision and Perception

Vision – Male Panel 
Range of View
Observation, Notice
Revealed
Half & Half face – more than one race
Skate boarder and trucker
“Posing as White”
NAACP
Facts about Modern Slavery
Am I Not a Man and a Brother
MMA (Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Rage in the Cage
African Americans recognized
Keenness, Sharp-Eyed
Fishing
Respect truck drivers
Cowrie Shells –a form of money, jewelry and religious connotation
Wine Corks, turning water into wine
 
Perception – Female Panel 
Insight, Mission
Look, Discover
Half & Half face – more than one race
Childhood pictures (not what you would think)
“The real Africa is …”
African Origin of Humans
Seeing, Revelation
African wrapper
Fishing trips
“Fishers of Men”
Aaron
Name-sake
Seven Daughters of Eve
Cowrie Shells–a form of money, jewelry and religious connotation
Wine Corks, turning water into wine

Spiritually, according to African legend, if you are attracted to cowrie shells you could be family to an ocean spirit of wealth and earth. It also represents Goddess protection which is very powerful and connected with the strength of the ocean. Throughout Africa, and South and North America, the cowrie symbolized the power of destiny and prosperity. Thought of as the mouth of Orsisas, it also is believed to have taught stories of humility and respect.

These panels are pictures of the individuals they represent, their occupations and their likes.

They also go beyond the physical first image you see to reveal and encompass history.

It is important that we recognize there is more to a person than meets the eye.