Alison Jardine

Sunlight in the Machine

Alison — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:28:17 +0000

I’ve finished the second oil painting in my series that is part of a project I have titled “The Art in the Machine”. Exploring my interest in how storing experiences and visual memories affects them, I began this series with a photograph of a tree against the sky. From this point, I am making a [...]

Sunlight Series, continued…

Alison — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:47:57 +0000

Six new inks/watercolors from my study of light in trees.

Sunlight Studies

Alison — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:05:03 +0000

These three paintings from my study series of sunlight are available for $60 each (framed). The frames hang or also stand up (I like them this way, on my bookshelves or sideboard). (shipping/sales tax (if applicable) will be an extra charge). Email me at alison@alisonjardine.com if you are interested. Update: these are sold, but I [...]

Twitter Art Exhibit 2012, Norway

Alison — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:03:12 +0000

I’ve created this small study of sunlight, from my current series, for the 2012 Twitter Art Exhibit organized by David Sandum. It will raise funds for a women’s refuge center, and will be held at the Moss Public library. Last year, I also participated in this exhibit, which raised funds for the library. This is [...]

The Art In the Machine

Alison — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:53:18 +0000

The road to completing my latest painting (as yet untitled, and unfinished, on the right) started with a walk in the woods last year, beginning a long process – sometimes taking several years – of realising my expression as an artwork. After the experience, the process begins with a photograph on my iphone or camera. [...]

No Explanation Necessary

Alison — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:03:50 +0000

Visual art, we are told, should speak for itself. I have been thinking about a post on Facebook by Jerry Saltz, well-known art critic and writer, in which he complains about the tendency to over-explain modern art. I posted in a previous blog post that in my opinion the only visual art that needs explanation [...]

February 2012 Newsletter

Alison — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:08:44 +0000

February 2012 Artist Alison Jardine’s Newsletter 500XPO 2012, Dallas Lytle Pressley Gallery, Austin Project 7×7 YouTube & iPad Draw 365 500XPO 2012 I am delighted that my work has been accepted into one of the foremost and most competitive annual juried shows, 500XPO. This year, it was juried by renowned painter Aaron Parazette who Dallas-based readers [...]

Midnight in the Garden ~ New Painting

Alison — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:21:18 +0000

I’ve finished this latest oil on canvas work, and it is a work that depicts a deconstruction of the night sky through the branches. It expresses also the energy I feel when I take time to gaze, to stop and to wonder. This painting is part of my PixelNation series.

Edge of Winter’s New Home

Alison — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:43:01 +0000

I just love it when clients send photographs of my works hanging in their new homes…

Anatomy of A Memory ~ New Painting

Alison — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:30 +0000

We remember in such indistinct, fluid ways, driven by a desire to relate a personal narrative of experience and belief. Only certain objects in each memory interests us, and it is colored by time. When we store our digital memories on our computers, they also pass through many filters, translations, until they bear only a [...]