Jamie Treacy

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Category: Artist’s Writings

Artist's Writings

Patterns of Influence: Artists Who Teach

I’m very excited to announce that I was accepted into a juried exhibition at the Painting Center in NYC! The theme of the show seemed

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Inside Stories Triple Feature!

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

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Project Statement: Witnessing Growth

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

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About the “Inside Stories” Series

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

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Inside Story: The Gravity Denial Lattice

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

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The Unprepared Eye Project Statement

“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

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A Yet Un-nameable Dream 

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

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To Fortify the Forest Project Statement

To organize the greens, To gather the browns, To give names to the sticks. To witness the departing moisture And the membrane that cradles each

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STRIATION PROJECT STATEMENT 

stria |ˈstrīə| noun (pl. striae |ˈstrī-ē| ) Technical a linear mark, slight ridge, or groove on a surface, often one of a number of similar parallel