Jennifer Urquhart Art started at my childhood home on ten acres in Washington state where I grew up next to a creek, and a handful of cows. We had a tool for everything and the only spirit is DIY! This translates nicely to this strong Portland culture of DIY, reuse, and recycle, and the place I now proudly call home!Statement: I am a self-taught artist/maker who decided to go public in 2013. I’ve focused mostly on painting, and have been enamored and overwhelmed by the process-my technique continues to unfold and my voice is becoming more clear. For it all, I am both grateful and humbled by the load and the privilege of calling myself an artist. With my art, my intent is to elicit a sense of peace-a sense of belonging, or the feeling that you are home. All of my pieces are inspired by a photo that I’ve taken on a trip or a clipping I saved from a magazine or newspaper. I’m drawn to the beaten but saturated colors and crisp forms that I see. My lines and colors are the voice in the manipulated landscapes I create. Wood is prepared by me. I paint on found plywood cast-offs. All boards are cut-to-size and then sanded to remove dirt/film and coarseness. Next, I sketch, referring to photographs that I’ve taken. Then the real fun begins. First I sketch and then I etch. Colors are thoughtfully selected and painted with attention to saturation and stroke. My paints are old, recycled and mis-tints and colors are self-mixed and saved in jars. My lines are etched with a rotary tool and eventually filled with paint. Each color field is sanded and then reapplied with paint until a certain patina is reached, that for me, evokes the beauty of the northwest. The process: I use recycled plywood. Paints are old, recycled, and mis-tints. Colors are self-mixed and saved in jars. Frames are milled and built by me. First, I sketch, and then I etch. Colors are then decided and added in layers between rounds of sanding and scraping to reveal a PNW landscape.

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