Author Archives: amyjacksoncc

About amyjacksoncc

I am a professional artist, writer and musician creating from my home studio. To view my artwork, visit http://www.amyjackson.cc

Gestalt: A Re-Entry

Posted on July 31, 2019 by amyjacksoncc

healing journey, art therapy, neuroplasticity, garden geeks, and more! Continue reading →

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Update on Rainforest Painting, Screenplay

Posted on September 10, 2017 by amyjacksoncc

I am painting again today, for the first time in many days. I’ve been recovering, and still am actually, from a bad cold. Boo. So there has been much resting and emotional processing going on. That’s what I do a … Continue reading →

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Painting is a Blessing

Posted on August 18, 2017 by amyjacksoncc

It is a blessing to know anything about painting at this point. I started painting in watercolor in 1993. I didn’t know anything, and painted in cloud forms on a tiny notepad with a tiny brush, from an even tinier … Continue reading →

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Oh My, But It’s Been a Long Time …

Posted on August 7, 2017 by amyjacksoncc

Right? Since September of 2016, since I blogged. Well, I haven’t felt like it, I suppose, and I FB and Tweet and now Instagram, right? and I say, right? all the time? omg. Silly me, for real. But I did … Continue reading →

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Fragments 5 Finitti and 6 Begun …

Posted on September 4, 2016 by amyjacksoncc

It’s been since March since I blogged … hopefully you all will forgive my silence. I’m sure you will. Alas. I haven’t painted since May, but I did finish Fragments 5 above. As of yet, several new paintings in the … Continue reading →

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March Update

Posted on March 2, 2016 by amyjacksoncc

Is it Spring or is it not? Who can really say one way or the other? with waves of warmer temperatures in blocks of four or five days? Who even knows what to wear? Ha. Not me. Layers and scarves … Continue reading →

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Fragments 4: Progress

Posted on February 16, 2016 by amyjacksoncc

I thought and studied the blank canvas before me for a very long time before sketching. I then returned to my sketchpad, making a tiny sketch, which became this large one, above. To me it represents a helpless, tortured figure, … Continue reading →

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Fragments 3: Finitti

Posted on February 6, 2016 by amyjacksoncc

http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/fragments3.html This is the completed painting but I did want to show you all the layers that it took to create this. I’ve been putting on about a layer of paint every other day or, and then letting that layer … Continue reading →

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Fragments III: Beginning

Posted on January 26, 2016 by amyjacksoncc

First, yesterday, I sketched in rust and raw umber, mixed, with a medium round brush, from a tiny sketch I’ve had for some time. This reminds me of cells, and roots, simultaneously. That being said, the ultimate image is to … Continue reading →

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Okefenokee Watercolor I

Posted on November 20, 2015 by amyjacksoncc

This is a foto of mine from years ago taken in the fall in Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. It is in the Waterside collection and is Waterside 55. I’ve come into a small collection of lovely ornate gold and carved … Continue reading →

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