In My Notebook

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The Graphic Abstraction in My Notebook series of mixed media sketches that reflect our interconnected diversity and the multitude of random daily activities that add up to make the total picture of our lives at any moment. Within each sketch there are little strokes and big ones. Bold and quiet. Color and grey. Value along a spectrum. Some of these sketches are drafts for oil paintings. Others stand alone. 

Most of the sketches are from my 2019-2020 Aquabee [Bee, now] 6x9" acid-free notebooks. There are a few larger images in this series from 2006 and other years. I used mixed media on the paper: Caran d'Ache Neocolor watercolor and wax crayons, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor paint, Uniball Vision waterproof acid-free pens, black Sharpie and Prismacolor acid-free markers.

Art communicates visually what words cannot. This series has something to say; that is why 

I am posting them even though they are only sketches in my notebooks. 

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown I had time to reflect on life, sustainability, and resilience. I am really thankful to be here with you. This art emerged as I reflected and was thankful. How do you express your thankfulness? 

Aspects of my life and context are like little pieces of color, shapes, lines, and graphic elements in each of these images. Sometimes one emotion or experience is represented by a whole image. These random abstract images emerged as a visual expression of applied philosophy + life experience. Even though I cannot help but express my personal, subjective experience, I hope that through the medium of abstraction these images might also resonate with you. 

What do these graphic abstract connote to you? Try making some simple random drawings of your own. What emerges? Which colors do you choose? What kind of marks do you make? What shapes? Each of us has our own visual vocabulary! Thank you for stopping by to see my art!

Contact me if you want me to do a randomly abstract drawing or painting of your own dreams and visions. I can draw remotely while you tell me what you envision! What positive, peaceful, sustainable, healthy, equitable future do you want to manifest, staring with an abstract? Contact me at jen@jenseron.com