This is an offer to anyone interested in having one of my Alien Landscapes done up / using one of their photo’s or parts of and posted in…
This is an offer to anyone interested in having one of my Alien Landscapes done up / using one of their photo’s or parts of and posted in my art section. / I tend to like surfing,sea’s,ocean,mountains,scenic views etc. / Although I’m not confined to just those. / The planet I create would have your name,and a story made up from your profile / or something you like,the photo would only be used for the DA then deleted. This could be a fun thing. If interested I will go to your site and choose a couple,let you know and you would send me the image.
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This is my homework for the course I am currently doing at Brunswick Street Gallery. We have to take a self portrait which does not sh…
This is my homework for the course I am currently doing at Brunswick Street Gallery. We have to take a self portrait which does not show our face but which does show something of ourselves. This may not be the one I submit, but it has been an interesting exercize and I thought I would share. I often post work here without much of an explanation into the choices I make. I thought it might be nice to make it available so you can see that I do actually put a bit of thought into my work, even if it is not obvious at first glance. The Easels: / Faded and old. They represent myself as an artist. How of late I am taking fewer and fewer photos and am out of practice. They are scattered at random, which is a lot like my very hectic and chaotic life. Yet they all match, which shows my underlying need to have organisation, even if it is organised chaos. You may notice the empty frame. For me this represents not only my occupation, but it’s emptiness means it acts as a window. A way to see into me. It is a comment on the whole image as well as an element within it. The Doll: / This is a childhood doll and has my old name written on it (from before I became Jo O’Brien). So it connects to my past and reminds me of a time passed. She is naked, which reflects how I feel as an artist, always confessing through my art. She is torn at both arms from being pulled in a tug-of-war game. Much like how I feel when I have more things requiring my time than I have time for. On a more human level. She represents my desire to one day have children, my “femaleness”, my nurturing side. The Costume: / It was scavenged from an op shop. Something I absolutely adore doing. And it fits like a second skin, showing my comfort in front of the camera. It’s close colour match to my skin implies nudity which highlights a more general level of comfort with my body, and ability to play a role within my own skin. It’s second hand nature reminds me that a ‘creative artist life’ was never my first choice. In fact, I studied Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Maths Methods in VCE and always had an aptitude for the sciences. Art was an accident. The Location: / At home in the back yard. Here I feel most relaxed and comfortable. It has been the location of numerous photo shoots and self portraits, so much so that I would feel like I was abondoning this space to take self portraits elsewhere. It also represents for me, my ability to live off my creativity, as my best selling shot was taken here. More generally I enjoy the idea of fences, of what they hold in and out. And of how to break them down. This is a theme I like to play with in a lot of my work- the emotional and psychological barriers we put up around ourselves, often needlessly. Setting up the shot: / I wanted to appear within the forest of easels and yet comfortable which dictated my pose, leaning gently against the fence. This shows my acceptance of the situation and environment and willingness to participate within it. However I am still holding my doll and not interacting with any other part of the environment. This suggests I still cling to something from my childhood, and have insecurites about the art world and my credibility as an artist. Your thoughts?
/ / / image title – the inner sanctum Manic Reflections . . . One day i awakened to a simply sweet, “I heart you!” message on my bathroom mirror. Days later, a bi-polar/manic/sleep-deprived version of me impulsively grabbed my camera, tripod, trusty remote and started striking poses in my mirror. Wishing to immortalize the i heart you message, in some way, before zapping it with Mr. Windex! So . . . i crouched up on my counter, gradually getting closer and closer to the mirror. It was wonderfully strange, surreal and comical – as i carefully attempted to seat myself in the bathroom sink . . . while the rest of me perched perilously on the bathroom counter. Purging my manic energy, creatively, provided me with a sense of relief and surrender. After this series was photographed, i went on to photograph two more, in my studio. It was after the photographing of the three, separate series – that i was finally able to slip toward slumber. So what follows are manic reflections . . . partake and enjoy :) / image title – another version of me / image title – the sensual realm / image title – the chameleon / image title – the mirror speaks / image title – fragile / image title – the confrontation / image title – inward bound Bi-polarities . . . Around 18 it started to sink in that something not-quite-right was going on in my frantic mind. As I was always struggling to pay attention in school . . . i also became aware that i would get these incredible highs, feeling euphoric, invincible, on top of the world – no matter what my actual reality was . . . everything was grandiose! These manic episodes usually lasted about 2 weeks, followed by the worst lows which often lasted months. In a depressive state everything was life and death, everyday problems became overwhelming, i just wanted to crawl into a quiet, dark corner and simply cease to exist. Then there were those inbetween states where i guess i would be what was considered “normal” though to me these inbetween states felt like emotional flat-lining, i felt kind of numb – being so used to the extreme emotions i felt most of the time. When i was younger, my manic episodes were amazing, accompanied by feelings of invincibility, euphoria and pseudo-bliss. I would feel on top of the world! Now, these manic episodes are more dark and frenetic in nature. And i find myself craving the sleep these manic episodes deprive me of. It’s hard to stay on schedule/task when i go day, after day – without sleep. I don’t have more energy when i am manic, i am just more hyper and restless, unable to slow down – which creates the illusion of high energy . . . inside my body and mind are crying out for sleep. It would take another 12 years before i learned how to manage these intense moodswings, learned to go with the flow and how to keep my head above water – no matter what my mood. There were years of self-destructive coping methods and soul numbing medications. Eventually i decided to approach my bi-polarity from a spiritual/holistic perspective. I decided to go vegan and stopped consuming foods loaded with additives/preservatives. I learned about behavioral management, structure, meditation/yoga, prayer, daily spiritual renewal and daily exercise. Putting all of these things into practice, over time . . . allowed me to utilize my moods creatively AND constructively. beingnormalisoverrated JAEDA! / /
Some of you may remember a while ago I put up a self portrait – it had me stuck inside a dryer. I did it for a competition in the magaz…
Some of you may remember a while ago I put up a self portrait – it had me stuck inside a dryer. I did it for a competition in the magazine “Digital Photography + Design”. Well I popped out to the newsagency this morning and this months edition was out, hot off the presses. Guess who won? My squished up face is printed on a page with the words “winner” next to it….I can’t believe it…Someone pinch me…please!!! Guess what I’ve won?...... I will soon be the new owner of a Sony Alpha A200 twin lens kit. OMG!!
/ / Why Red? / I love accenting images with Red because red is the color of pain, the color of love, of stolen innocence, it is the color that flows during birth when a woman brings life into this world, it is often the color that flows out of us as we leave this earth. Today i am sharing part one of, “The Bride of Innocence”. The backgrounds you see are from the balcony pics i took during the daytime. WHAT THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE ISN’T My fellow creative Marny Barnes offered me some words that were powerful and rang true: I refuse to beleive that you don’t hold a peice of that innocene still…somewhere in all that torture you were strong enough to keep some of that innocence safe and just for you. AND I will tell you why I think that. YOU STILL see beauty all around you, / You bleed beauty and innocence out of all your work, / You touch the beauty in the torture and the pain and it grows roses…and color….and ART. If you had no innocence, you would not see the world and other peoples art with such wonder. I SEE INNOCENCE IN YOU. / YOUR HEART IS PURE AND BEAUTIFUL. YOUR ART IS BEAUTIFUL. / THE WORDS YOU LEAVE TO INSPIRE OTHERS / (ON YOUR OWN WORK…..AND THEIRS) IS BEAUTIFUL There is a mourning for the innocence i never got to have or experience as a child. / That is part of what makes incest and sexual abuse so painful. HOWEVER . . . / Marny brought to the light of my consciousness, something i failed to realize and address in my work . . . That my sweetness, my love, did not die when i was abused. It is still at my core and at my essence. My love of sweet joys remain, my softness, light, grace and hope. And these are aspects i will seek to express in my future survivor-orientated work. And i thank you Marny so much for bringing that to the surface of my consciousness. THE CONCEPTION / The Bride of Innocence (Jaeda as the Brides) was conceived back toward the end of May. That’s when construction workers put up scaffolding and started tearing down the supports on my 3rd story balcony and tarped it off. The construction guys worked a few days on my balcony, tearing stuff down, said something about needing to get permits – due to structural damage . . . and they haven’t been back since. So i decided i would get some pictures, now that my balcony is double long (they tore down the wall that separates my neighbor and me). Everything was bathed in a surreal blue light, from the tarp. The scaffolding was also double long and it looked like an endless hallway leading to the land of dreams, to heaven, anything your imagination can conjure up. The balcony itself looked very sad, broken and i kind of liked it’s decayed appeal and thought, at least i could use this to my advantage, creatively! So i went out on my balcony, during the day and night, and took lots of pictures. At night the tarped scaffolding resembled a boat marina or harbor at night. It looked so very different from, the hallway to heaven, of daylight. Previous to the balcony pictures, i had taken some studio pics of me in a makeshift bridal gown. I borrowed the bridal veil from my sister. Ripped the satin bottom off of an old nightgown for the top and used a sheer window treatment panel for the gown part/bottom because i don’t sew! LOL The bridal pictures i took of myself in the studio are what popped into my head as i was photographing the balcony and “The Bride of Innocence” was conceived. It is a slightly sad, disturbing series . . . but i wanted the next series i created to be along the lines of my Red Jane series. I felt like digging deep into all the little nooks and crannies of my soul and Spirit. All of those dark, repressed places that cry out to be acknowledged and expressed. partake and enjoy PEACE and LIGHT / j a e d a :) The Bride of Change The Bride of CHANGE / Peers through the isolating veil of pain and abuse – she is vulnerable / Her weakness is her strength because she OVERCOMES For she will no longer succumb to a tainted existence / Nor the toxic relationships, that leave dark stains on her soul / She knows . . .these ghosts of perversion and possession must go And the red of pain mixes with pink whispers of hope / She summoning the strength / To reach out, start anew and become WHOLE © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Change / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- The Bride of Innocence Pretty in Pink / She softly mourns for the bride she never got to be / No pristine, white gown for this lovely lady / She will never be the Bride of INNOCENCE She does not seek what she can not be given . . . / For innocence is the one gift, / That once stolen, / Can never be replaced yet the loss is forgiven © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Innocence / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- The Bride of Pain The Bride of PAIN is stuck inside / A blurry nightmare / As her subconscious rewinds her past / And plays it for her – over and over again . . . It is the kind of nightmare where / Violated flesh bleeds red / And the sound of innocence being stolen gets lost / Inside a hazy maze of surreal blue hues She falls to her knees in agony / She wants to find her way out of this repetitive dream / She knows to save herself / She must change the ending . . . © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Pain —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- CLOSE-UPS / /
I can’t believe the year’s gone by so quickly! Or that I carried on with this challenge for the entire duration. I’ve just got to wand…
I can’t believe the year’s gone by so quickly! Or that I carried on with this challenge for the entire duration. I’ve just got to wander off now and take a final image, and that will be my year. Although, now that the end has been reached, I’m not sure I want to abandon the quest. The camera hasn’t been put away for a year, so I always remembered to take the daily pic, and having it out meant more photos were taken of other things along the way. 2007 to 2008 has been quite a transition, mentally, so it’s been interesting to capture the ride. I can pretty much remember what was going on by looking at the pics, so it’s become a visual diary of my feelings for a year. I’m pleased to say that I’ve ended the time feeling much more upbeat than when I started. The environment around me has gone to hell in many ways, but it’s not taking me with it anymore. Enough talk, I’ve got one more picture to take!
I can now reveal the reason for these self portraits. I’ve been shortlisted in the National Youth Self Portrait Prize...
I can now reveal the reason for these self portraits. I’ve been shortlisted in the National Youth Self Portrait Prize for the National Portrait Gallery. I’m currently typing standing up because I’m too excited to sit down. Fifteen pieces were chosen from around Australia. At this point I have no idea how many people entered. For all I know there was only 15 entries, but it was open to everyone in Australia and the grand prize is $10,000. I’m currently a little short on money, so that’s pretty exciting. The winner will be announced some time next month, but whether I win or not – I’m just so excited to have gotten this far. So now, I have to organise to get my portrait printed and mounted, and ship it to Canberra. And guess which website is going to help me do that…! I’d also like to thank the people who gave me helpful comments and encouragement along the way. Cheers guys. If you missed my original journals here’s some links: / Part one / Part two
Update: It’s finished. I started another self portrait today….
Update: It’s finished. I started another self portrait today. This time it’s for a redbubble challenge. This particular challenge happens to have a good prize. A really good prize. So for the last 6 hours or so I’ve been painting, and I’m really happy with the result so far. So much so that I cannot go to bed without sharing this with someone. Entries for the happy challenge don’t open for another 6 days, so I’ve got a while to refine this.
Redbubble has presented us with this sensational challenge …..a chal…
Redbubble has presented us with this sensational challenge …..a challenge in many ways. I’m sure it is challenging many of us here. Paul showed us how he was going with it and the comments which followed got me thinking. First we are challenged to rate our own degree of happiness. Then we are challenged to make a self portrait showing this state. Paul says that as his portrait progressed his rating went up. Natalie said that if she could make a self portrait like Paul’s she would rate herself 10. I did 7 photoshopped self portraits last night. It is a great prize enticing us for this competition. I was trying to represent a rating of 5….I think I am at the top and the bottom of the scale all the time and 5 seemed to me to be an average or a middle ground representing not knowing. But I found the appearance of my self portraits quite distressing. I haven’t decided yet if any of these will be the one I use in the competition. I think some of them look lower than a 5 others just look like ads for headache pills and there is one there which I know looks like a very happy smile but the rating is still low underneath. I’d be really interested to know how everyone else is going with this challenge. I think Stefan Sagmeister must have known this would be a very interesting exercise to put to people. Sjem has put some links in a journal if you need to do some finding out about Sagmeister ….I tell you it is really worth doing!
In the Clematis Group !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-prin…
In the Clematis Group / Clematis 4 In A Fascinating Purple Group / Dilys In Impressionism Cafe / Early Morning Feed Thank you so much
Top Ten Winner in the Avatar Challenge in First Things !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminat…
Top Ten Winner in the Avatar Challenge in First Things / Towards The Light Featured in Image Writing / October Eve Featured in the Bubblers Weekly Challenge / Ripe Cherries Other Wins Thank you so much to everyone who made my win possible and to the group moderators who featured my work
sitting down for lunch at work and open redbubble and BAM – there is my mug on the front page of the site. Thanks bubble and thanks f…
sitting down for lunch at work and open redbubble and BAM – there is my mug on the front page of the site. Thanks bubble and thanks for all your nice comments. so, now I can brag about it here until they change the front page again. / Cheers :-)
Top Ten Winner of the Best Photographed Landscape in the As Is Group !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/p…
Top Ten Winner of the Best Photographed Landscape in the As Is Group / On the way to Maracas Beach Featured member and featured work in Hand Drawn or Painted Food and Drinks / Featured in Impressionism Cafe / Lemons Featured in Bits and Pieces / Still Life with Five Apples
In Image Writing !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/siz…
In Image Writing / Chunky Sweet Potato Fries In #1 Artists of RedBubble / Poached Pear in a Mixed Berry Coulis In Landscape Painting / Country Walk Thank you so much
In Bits and Pieces !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:framed-print/s…
In Bits and Pieces / Stacked In Food for Thought / Ripe Cherries In Yellow Gallery / You’re Beautiful Thank you so much
In Image Writing and Live and Let live the painting is one of my most popular ones, with many features sales, and wins, 3,351 views / ...
In Image Writing and Live and Let live the painting is one of my most popular ones, with many features sales, and wins, 3,351 views / Towards The Light 2 Instant feature in Out Of The Blue brand new addition to the Winter Collection.. see a sampling on my overview page / Spellbound In Live and Let Live challenge winner and featured many times / Winter Walk In Impressionist Art featured many times and my biggest seller / Blue Night Featured in Impressionism Cafeone of my rarely posted seaside paintings / The Seagull In the Canada Group many features…many wins for this painting / Autumn Thank you so much to all the Group Moderators..Heartfelt appreciation for your continued support
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page ...
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page / Grateful Top Ten Winner in the Visual Texture Challenge “Texture of Materials“ / India 1 Top Ten Winner in Impressionism Cafe “Landscape in Springtime / On the Way to Somewhere Top Ten Winner in If It doesn’t Belong’s challenge “Homage to Let’s Pay Homage“ / Homage to Cezanne Featured in Imaginative Realism / Towards The Light 2 3rd feature in 2 days Featured in Journal Junkies / Challenge Winners and Top Ten Placements Featured in JPG Cast-Offs / There’s a Light in the Darkness Featured in Dimensions / Night..A Blaze of Glory Thanks so much to all who made these features and wins possible…I am deeply grateful Previous Wins...click HERE
Featured Twice…The Yellow Gallery and If It Doesn’t Belong / !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30…
Featured Twice…The Yellow Gallery and If It Doesn’t Belong / / Still Life with Old Dandelion Stencil and Terracotta Pots Featured in Ontario / / Pale Yellow DayLily Featured twice…Inspired Art, and Mornings and Evenings Sunbeams and Storms / / The Third Sorrow Featured in The Purple Passion Gallery / / Who is Here? Featured in Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness or Joy / / Autumn Light In Live and Let Live / / Berry Fresco Thank you so much
First Place win of the Natura Morte challenge in PIMT / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattec…
First Place win of the Natura Morte challenge in PIMT / / Ripe Cherries Top Ten Win of Your Favourite Image Challenge in Image Writing / / Towards The Light Top Ten Win of Wild flower challenge in Just Watercolours Group / / Queen Anne’s Lace FEATURES In the Patchwork / / Yellow Moon In Bits and Pieces / / Nature…Layered with Texture In All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical / / Your Perception…How Fined Tuned Is It In Dimensions / / Abandoned Site Previous Wins
Five Features in Painters in Modern Times.. What a Thrill!! !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:fla…
Five Features in Painters in Modern Times.. What a Thrill!! / Beatrice / Terracotta Morning / The Third Sorrow / The Potting Shed / The Centre of Your Soul Sold to Diette Henderson / / From Diette’s Garden Thank you so much to the moderators of PIMT and to Diette for the purchase…I am immensely pleased
Sold to Lisa Hayward…many thanks / !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/backingcolor:black/product:greeting-card/view:preview/405915…
Sold to Lisa Hayward…many thanks / / A Conjunction of Elements / / The Approach / / Yesterday Top Ten Winners / In You’re Accepted …Fall and Thanksgiving Cards Challenge / / Autumn Yellow Two Lemons Challenge / / Lemons on Blue Cotton Hand Drawn or Painted Art of Happiness or Joy…Light Brings Happiness Challenge / / Winter’s Light Live Love Dream…The Colours of the Wind Challenge / / Flurry Featured in Impressionism Cafe / / Tropical Fandango Featured in Art for The World / / The Approach Click HERE for previous Wins
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/ / so…..wow…again….another really cool thing has happened and i’d like to thank RB and Australian Artist Magazine for this feature of Affirmation / / in the Dec ‘09 issue – regarding our winners in the Happy Challenge (a collaboration between RB and Stefan Sagmeister)
I hope you guys aren’t tired of my continuous journaling, but I have so many things to share these days! Today on ink...
I hope you guys aren’t tired of my continuous journaling, but I have so many things to share these days! Today on ink I blogged about a contest happening where you can win 6 months of living in NYC. Go check out the info! Pj
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