tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29622230622370799062024-03-12T16:23:59.944-07:00The Art Of Jessica McCourtJessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-45781695229758689692013-10-29T11:58:00.003-07:002013-10-29T11:59:04.314-07:00A century...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #999999;">It seems as though it has been a century since I've posted here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It has been a busy whirlwind in the last few months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">After taking a week sabbatical from drawing while on vacation, I made it back into the sketchbook. It feels like home and I'm glad to be back at it.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202252154526122&set=a.10201387550231555.1073741825.1258208307&type=1&theater"><span style="color: #e69138;">See it here.</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Spending time on the 'ol Instagram. You can find me @vonsplithoof.</span></div>
Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-943900052493842252013-06-15T09:06:00.000-07:002013-06-15T09:06:08.060-07:00" Otherworld " at the Roq la Rue!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #999999;">I was lucky enough to be included in the show " Otherworld " at the <a href="http://roqlarue.com/"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Roq La Rue Gallery</span></a> in Seattle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">There are some really lovely pieces in the show and if you are in the Seattle area now through July, I suggest popping in and taking a peek. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Here's my piece:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">" The Cave Dweller."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">watercolor on paper - 12 x 16"</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">And a photo of me with the piece at the opening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;">( Please forgive the slightly tired weird face. That seems to be my lot in photos these days.</span></div>
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Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-30562282257524182532013-04-16T23:30:00.000-07:002013-04-16T23:30:30.680-07:00Illustrations...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #999999;">In the past month and a half I've been taking on illustration jobs for Deloitte University Press.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It's a little outside the realm of what I normally do ( as far as subject matter, ) but I find it gives me a challenge I enjoy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Translating business economics into visual elements is a first for me. Sometimes it's good to throw one's self completely out of the normal routine. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I discovered I could indeed paint a ship in a bottle. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">There's no stopping me now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">( Insert evil laugh here. )</span></div>
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Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-64370648519671999932013-04-01T12:32:00.000-07:002013-04-01T12:33:33.709-07:00Sketching...<div align="center">
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<span style="color: #999999;">I finally made my way back into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBelfryOddities"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">The Belfry</span></a> just before my show came down to snap some shots of the work on the walls. There are a couple of blurry images, so please forgive me. It seems the camera I was using is a trickster, lulling me into a false sense of sharpness and clarity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"> After an amazing trip for a behind the scenes tour at the <a href="http://www.burkemuseum.org/"><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Burke Museum</span></a>, I picked up the remaining pieces from the show. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">And as an added bonus, this little guy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">We're the best of friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">While searching among booths and booths of antiques this past week, I came across this beautiful old school autograph book. I have a collection of old photo albums that I love, but have never come across a blank autograph book before. I decided it would make a perfect little sketch book.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">For the last two days I was listening to "The Lost City of Z" by David Grann. It chronicles one journalists research and journey into the Amazon, like so many before him, in search of what happen to Percy Fawcett. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">A grand explorer of his day, Fawcett had an idea that, in the Amazon, there was an ancient lost city which he gave the title, "Z." This city was proof that civilized tribes had and could exists in the jungle, a notion that was harshly rejected at the time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It got me thinking about what I would like to accomplish in this new year. I admire the tenacity of Fawcett, who refused to give up on his dream in the face of the harshness of the jungle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It seems silly to complain or feel defeated by the every day things in life after reading about the absolute hell he and so many others went through. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">It's a good read and if you like adventure and discovery, this book might be a good fit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I've started the new year smack dab in the middle of preparing for my show in February. Paint, paint, paint seems to be my life for the next month. And I'm just a pleased as I can be about it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I'm also going to be releasing a limited edition silkscreen print for the show - a first for me. I'm excited to explore this avenue of my work. An adventure for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">See it in progress <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-McCourt/121438844618747"><span style="color: #e69138;">here.</span></a></span></div>
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Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-79293736460028911952012-11-05T09:42:00.000-08:002012-11-05T09:42:53.789-08:00Conjuring ideas...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999;">Working on ideas for my upcoming show in February. Animals and spirits, ghosts and nature. Building my own occult symbols... a magick of my very own. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Not much painting has been done since July. Summers are usually filled with trips, house projects, friends and long days out and about. That said, sketching always happens. Without it, I'm afraid my brain would explode.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I'll have a small piece in a group show up on Capitol Hill in Seattle at Joe Bar. Opens October 11th.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">You can see more over at <a href="http://hifructose.com/2012/06/17/death-and-the-maiden-group-show-at-the-roq-la-rue-gallery/" style="color: #e69138;">Hi-Fructose.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Making progress on my piece for the<a href="http://aiboston.typepad.com/illustration/2012/06/pangeaseeds-great-west-migration-tour.html" style="color: #e69138;"> Pangea Seed bennefit.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Working on a piece for </span><a href="http://aiboston.typepad.com/illustration/2012/06/pangeaseeds-great-west-migration-tour.html" style="color: #e69138;">The Great West Coast Migration </a></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I have been fascinated by sharks ever since I was a child, so it seems fitting that I have an opportunity to help out in some small way.</span></div>Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-88718518358327728732012-06-06T15:18:00.000-07:002012-06-06T15:18:15.099-07:00Catch a glimpse at Hi-Fructose!<div align="center">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;">Hi-Fructose magazine has posted images from the upcoming "Death and the Maiden" show at<span style="color: #e69138;"> </span><a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/"><span style="color: #e69138;">Roq la Rue</span></a> that I will have a <a href="http://vonsplithoof.blogspot.com/2012/06/death-and-maiden.html"><span style="color: #e69138;">piece</span></a> in. There are some stellar pieces in the show! Here's the piece from one of my all-time favorite artists,</span> <a href="http://www.femtasia.nl/Home.html"><span style="color: #e69138;">Femke Hiemstra.</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">" La Mort En Cadence "</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">You can check out the rest of the work in the show on <a href="http://hifructose.com/2012/06/06/death-and-the-maiden-at-the-roq-la-rue-gallery/"><span style="color: #e69138;">Hi-Fructose</span></a></span><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Celebrating 14 years of doing great things in the world of art!</span></div>Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-14925528796916638122012-06-02T10:57:00.001-07:002012-06-02T10:59:18.977-07:00Death and the Maiden<div align="center">
<span style="color: #999999;">Dropped off my piece for the upcoming <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre"><span style="color: #e69138;">" Death and the Maiden "</span></a> show at <a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/index.php?module=Exhibits&id=73"><span style="color: #e69138;">Roq La Rue Gallery</span></a> in Seattle. It's shaping up to be an amazing array of work! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Here's the finished image of my piece for the show.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Show opens this coming Friday, June 8th!</span></div>Jessica McCourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02394905999614227222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962223062237079906.post-25054975067240207752012-05-23T16:44:00.000-07:002012-05-23T16:44:17.135-07:00Sneak Peak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999;">Here's a sneak peak of my almost completed piece for the upcoming <a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/index.php?module=Exhibits&id=73"><span style="color: #e69138;">" Death and the Maiden "</span></a> show at the <a href="http://www.roqlarue.com/"><span style="color: #e69138;">Roq La Rue Gallery</span></a> in Seattle.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's pieces. There is some amazing talent in this show for sure. Just hope I can keep up!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">If you haven't heard of or seen the works of Derek Nobbs, I encourage you to take a look at what he has been up to lately. A man of many talents, he has been honing his craft over the many years that I've had the pleasure of knowing him. His upcoming solo exhibition, " Dead Men's Tales," is a culmination of hard work and pure talent that will suprise, enchant and intrigue. Imagery laden with environmental and historical themes flow throughout his body of work, leaving the viewer peeling away at the layers of the story behind the painting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The exhibition opens this Friday, May 11th at <a href="http://roqlarue.com/index.php?module=Exhibits&id=72"><span style="color: orange;">Roq La Rue Gallery</span></a> in Seattle.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">You can see more of his work and learn a bit about the artist himself at this <a href="http://dereknobbs.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: orange;">blog. </span></a></span></div>
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