Just finished my butterflies.....

                                                       Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

$150 framed

 Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

 Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

 Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

 Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

 Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

Original watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

10" x 8"

                                                                                                    $150 framed

Creativity takes time....

I've been a little crazy over the last few months creating "hands on shared creative experiences"!

What does that mean?

  I have been effective in setting up some inspiring workshops that  have ignited the creativity of  friends, high school students,Chinese Medicine Students, Moms, daughters and corporate executives.

I have been stimulating creative interactions among many  even including chickens.

Here are a few photos from some fun art encounters over the past few weeks.

Lincoln High School International Studies Students putting the final touches on the collaborative painting created for the New Oregon College of Oriental Medicine.

All the many artists that added their touch....

 
openeyeart 2011

Bouncing through Life Panels

(partner in Open Eye Art, Juliet Moran working away)

openeyeart 2011 

The amazing Legacy Employees

drawing their unique images.

openeyeart 2011 

Legacy employee adding his "fish ball"

openeyeart 2011 

Me working away in our cold studio space.

Big Eyed girls.....

Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

I am a big admirer of Sas Christian's large oil paintings.

Here are a few I experimented with using watercolors.

Watercolor by Jennifer Winship Mark

Oil Pastel and graphite on wood

by Jennifer Winship Mark

Oil Pastel and graphite on wood

by Jennifer Winship Mark

available paintings/nautical charts....

Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010

I am finally settling down to price, title and frame my 28 Nautical 

chart pieces.

Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010

Many of the Pacific Coast Charts I used for these pieces were in 

the collection of Don Ritz .  Many were actually on his sailboat for

many years. 

Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010

I am looking forward to doing more charts of the San Francisco area.

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Jennifer Winship Mark Acrylic and Collage on Nautical Chart 2010

This chart has a distinctive Northwest inlet feeling.

My art is as varied as my inspirations....

Acrylic Painting
On the River
by Jennifer Winship Mark

This is a large piece I did in a matter of a few days. I am still fine tuning the lower left side.
It was really spontaneous and fun to paint.

by Jennifer Winship Mark
Acrylic
"Flow"

I had so much fun painting this puzzle. It has been painted on the lid of a birch paint box. I was trying to get depth and 3 dimensions
while still remaining abstract.

Oil by Jennifer Winship Mark

This is an experiment I did in Sean Cain's class on Flemish Oil Techniques.
It is inspired by the painter,
Lucas Cranach from the 1500's



If you look up John Currin's work you will see Cranach
has inspired him as well.

John Currin has such a great way of capturing personality in his figures.

My entry for the Chair Affair....

"I've been spending too much time checking my tongue in the mirror..."
(anyone know the song?)
Acrylic painted chair by
Jennifer Winship Mark
I am still fascinated by Fornesetti.
His sensibilities were timeless.

Creative Juices is born.....

March 9th
Juliet Moran and I kicked off a workshop that was based on stirring people's
Creative Juices
and 
Opening their eyes...

"The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind...creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers." Daniel Pink

We are pulling together encounters that inspire people to harvest new ideas.



I think we have the makings of something innovative and very exciting...

Here are some photos from our first Creative Juices encounter.
After the group spent the morning mixing their own juice concoction we move into stimulating our imaginations. We then dove into a simple and fun hands on project that everyone could finish and take home.

Everyone loved creating these small acrylic and collage faces on
a 5 x 5 black wood block

The group did similar art combining painting and collage

Acrylic by Jennifer Winship Mark

Between me and Juliet we have over 25 years of experience in global product marketing and global art marketing, as well as fine art creation. We have extensive knowledge and the ability to teach over 20 different art mediums and techniques. The best part is, we both have access to a large cadre of creative companies, artists and designers in the Northwest and world wide.

Michelle
(graphic arts and social media professional)

busy painting her version of a "whacked out" cat.

Still life I set up for the "Juice Bar"


We will be setting up workshops, encounters and retreats for business professional and companies that need to stay on the
creative cutting edge.
We plan on specializing in "hands on" creation and artistic exercises that are geared for renewing artistic minds and for introducing art tools to more analytical minds.

Know any engineers that need this?

I'll keep you posted on our next adventure.
If anyone has any great ideas for exercises that really get the
"Creative Juices"
flowing then ......pass it on!