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New commissioned piece finished!

"A Crack in Springtime"

Commissioned by private client

Acrylic, 24" x 30"

updated 1 month ago

FPAC blog article about me posted today

Kurt Cole Eidsvig from FPAC posted an article featuring me and my work today. Please swing by to check it out. While you're there, take a look at the other artists of FPAC and goings-on -- there's a lot happening over in the Fort Point area!

updated 2 months ago

New gouache

Gouache sketch

updated 3 months ago

New paintings, finally!

"If Lisa Frank Were Older," 2011

Good news! I recently managed to escape the shackles of busy-ness temporarily, long enough to create three new pieces: If Lisa Frank Were Older (pictured here), Gnashing of Teeth, and Have a Seat. All are posted under the "Newer Work" section. Have a look and let me know what you think!

updated 7 months ago

Break time!

It's been a busy summer! So busy, in fact, that I sadly barely had any time to paint. Because of this, I'm going to be taking several months off from art events, self-promotional postings, and the like to focus instead on what's really important: actually PAINTING.

I will be back online and posting and out at events in the not-too-distant future, once I finish a couple of pieces; in the meantime, three pieces are hanging at Blue Glass Cafe at the John Hancock Tower in Boston through the fall, if you'd like to stop in and see them.

Happy fall!

updated 8 months ago

I'm featured on TurningArt today!

TurningArt is a very cool business, and I am honored to be featured on their site today. Stop by and check me out there.

Jess Barnett at TurningArt.com

updated 9 months ago

In Which I Am Interviewed Online

Tom Dodson of Champs Not Chumps (http://champsnotchumps.org/) interviewed me recently. I discuss my technique, how I started painting, other abstract artists, music, and a whole bunch of other topics. Check it out here: http://champsnotchumps.org/episode_16.

updated 10 months ago

Current show: Blue Glass Cafe in the Hancock Tower, Boston

"Masculine/Feminine," 2010 and "Visions in Headlights," 2011; now hanging at Blue Glass

Three of my pieces are hanging through August at Blue Glass Cafe in the Hancock Tower, Boston. This exhibition features work by 8 artists, including myself and Jenn Sherr (http://www.jennsherrdesign.com/). The opening reception was held June 22.