I think all of my work as narrative. I often create without a preconceived plan, but the story is formed as I layer materials on the surface. In this blog post are short jumping off points for a story for three of my favorite artworks from the past two years. 1. It’s unclear whether this is the hindquarters of aRead More →
The phrase “If We Witness Growth” began as the title of an abstract drawing I created in 2017. The phrase stuck with me and I knew the idea of “witnessing growth” was worthy of further exploration in my landscape paintings. Writing the titles for my artwork is important to the process because it places the work within a larger story—it’sRead More →
Join Jamie for a presentation of new acrylic paintings and a look at intersections of realism and abstraction in nature and exploring ways color can summon emotion. Artist Talk: Saturday, August 4th, 4 to 5:30 pm SHOH Gallery 700 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94710 Gallery is open Wed-Sat 12-6pm Gallery phone: (510) 504-9988 Gallery website: shoharts.comRead More →
Storytelling has always been an essential slice of my creative life. I hear many artists wishing their work would “just speak for itself” or lamenting the requirement of creating an artist statement. I’m the opposite. I’m always being asked to write less and scale back. I decided I just needed a medium beyond the artist statement and a format forRead More →
This piece is the first one I created in my “Unprepared Eye” series, and it has ended up being one of my favorites. I’ve since made several new drawings that occupy a similar mind-space, but at the time in which it was created it was quite an outlier. I began with a vision of an arid almost colorless landscape withRead More →
“When a golden blob ascends to meet her, she doesn’t move to meet it. But she doesn’t flee either. The sweetness she smells and its gentle movements are soothing and non-threatening. When it communicates with her, asking question after question, she hesitates. It doesn’t take long for her apprehension to shift to delight. What good questions it asks. She tellsRead More →
Over 30 mixed media works on paper inviting the viewer to an internal world inspired by unfamiliar and unknown life. Treacy uses the media of cut paper, acrylic painting and myriad drawing tools to create highly textured and vivid surfaces. The exhibition is curated by Charmin Roundtree-Baaqee and is the culmination of two years of dialogue between artistic and curator. Read More →
Featured Artists This year I’m trying something new for East Bay Open Studios. Not only am I opening up my studio space, but I’m inviting some very talented friends! Together, we’ll be turning the driveway into our own Artist Market! Join me, Bush Mama Africa, Marc-Éddy Loriston and Jo Boyer for two weekends of open studios. We’ll be serving snacks and displayingRead More →
Project Narrative: A dream is a fertile beginning point for an artist because it so quickly dissolves if not documented. Dreams are the kernels of stories and the underpinnings of my paintings. My dreams, as with my earliest childhood memories, remain with me as color and texture impressions. Even when I’m not able to name the characters projected upon my subconsciousRead More →
Piece above: A Thwarted Voyage; Acrylic, cut paper, colored pencil and graphite on paper; 22″ x 30″ | 2016 Stay tuned about upcoming exhibitions!Read More →