Driving in Water

 Have you ever wondered what driving in water would be like? Watercolor paint seems like the perfect medium to explore this idea.

Driving in Water 

Sequoias in Watercolor

 Here's a small watercolor sequoia tree study.

The Bookshelf

Books, bookshelves, and pencils: put them together with a lot of friction and maybe something interesting will happen.   Large sheets of art paper were taped onto a couple of very large bookshelves, lots of rubbing with assorted pencils transferred the shape and textures of the books onto the paper.  The surprising part of making rubbings is seeing the embossed details on some of the books transfer on the drawing. The completed drawing is a diptych, 3' x 6'

The Bookshelf by Jackie Jax Williams

California Superbloom Poppies

There's nothing quite like standing amidst a field of wildflowers that goes on and on and on for dozens of acres. Much of California is fairly dry, but when we get a very wet winter, the following spring the air can get heady with the perfume of millions of blooming flowers.

Superbloom Poppies by Jackie Jax Williams

These very large poppies are made with sewn fabric and fired clay. Each flower is between 12" and 18" in diameter and the entire sculpture is about 6 feet wide.

The White House, a collage

I created this artwork during the few weeks leading up to the Nov. 2020 election. The frame is recycled wood covered with rice paper, the colorful parts are tissue paper glued to wood, and the basement is hand-dyed cheesecloth sandwiched between layers of thick black glue.  A few digital prints, some odds and ends round it out.  31 x 36 x 3"

The Basement by Jackie Williams

Barrel Cactus

One of my favorite places is the Mohave National Preserve where alluvial fans are covered with all sorts of cactus.   Desert vistas are pretty intense, and that's what I was thinking about as I pieced together this desert scene.  Low fire paper clay and glazes. About 10" wide.

Landscape (Barrels)

Ceramic and wool wall hanging

There's a lot of process involved here, from tossing a piece of clay onto a table to flatten it, then pressing in some lace to get texture happening, manipulating the clay by hand to give it shape, firing it, painting it, then working with a piece of wool fabric until the fabric begins to mimic the form of the clay a bit.  Process is pretty compelling for me.

Surfaces

Making art during a pandemic

Making art during the pandemic. 

California &  by Jackie Jax Williams

This is 38 x 36", all hand sewn. The white and yellow fabrics are cotton, the green and blue are wool, and  the rest is window screening.  Counties and rivers are sewn by machine,as are zigzag borders on world and California. The rest is hand stitched with needle and thread.