More to the Series

For a very long time I had a blog through Googles BlogSpot, but in recent years it became more difficult for me to post photos of my work.  Not Googles fault, just my lack of computer skills, thus I stopped posting as I at times I wanted to throw the computer out the front door.

So, February of last year...2016 my wonderful children gave me for my birthday my own website with my own URL, jackiemcintyre.com through  Squarespace.  I have to tell and let everyone who reads this know that I wasn't able to navigate the whole process by myself.  One of my sons dear friends, a graphic designer Mariko Metze who she and her family had relocated from LA to the Portland area was kind enough to get me up and running with the website. Also, my daughter Alison McIntyre also was instrumental in helping me figure out certain aspects of the website.

For almost a year I have been working on a series of 12" x12" panels that include an oil painting, mostly of a variety of birds and an area of found objects that generally relates to the subject the birds might be portraying...sort of a story they might be telling.

New and Old Assemblages

  New One Title: Past Generation"

 

  Old One (private collection)

 

 

  New One Title:"3 Directions" (SOLD)

I have been in a sort of a painting funk and decided to step away for a bit.  I have had two very old empty wooden cashiers drawers hanging around in my studio for ages and decided it might be a good time to work on something different.  I have created assemblages in the past and have a odd collection of items that really needed a home.  I can't remember where I bought the vintage photos, perhaps at a garage sale or flea market.

The second assemblage is owned by my son Michael.  He was visiting us in Portland a few years ago and while he was here usually like to visit antique and junk stores. He is also a collector of things and will occasionally bring me an oddity such as a dolls head or the lady sitting crossed legged in the second piece.  The old frame I used was something I lugged back on a plane after visiting him in LA.  That one also has bits of broken green glass I will often pick up off the street when perhaps a car has a broken window. That one also has jewelry included.

The last piece is another wooden cash drawer filled with odds and ends that I have stored away for just such a  purpose... to re-purpose into something new. I had fun with the three small compartments at the bottom of the piece; that was all about layering various items to get what I wanted.

I should have posted that three of my assemblages are showing at the SideSteet Gallery for the months of April and May.  Rita Larson and Michael Pratt of "Pratt and Larson Tile" are the wonderful owners who support the arts and arstists with their funky and charming gallery and I am always proud to be a part of the shows they put on.