Jen Jovan Art Musings and Random Thoughts

I Believe in Miracles

8/13/2020

"I Believe In Miracles" - oil on gallery wrapped canvas, 10" x 10" x 1.5". Ready to hang. Available here.

I am in love with Oregon.

Head-over-heels giddy with joyful dreaminess. Nearly, nearly as much as my wild love for Ireland. Here in Portland, the mountains are in view....I can see them if I walk two blocks away. The trees are tall, vast, speaking rushing sounds in the wind as the tops blow like giants in an ecstatic sky dance. And just outside the city lies the gorge - winding, mountainous vistas with deep, cold rivers and a sense of timeless wonder.

In a recent drive up the gorge at dusk chasing a higher vantage point to see sunset, I was awed by the beauty of the forest as it disappeared into the growing darkness. Murky darks merging together as the ever shrinking light was withdrawing. The shapes became indistinguishable - silent sentinels of jagged rock and pine.

And so life informs art again. Thank you, muse.

I Believe in Miracles

We're heading into a hot weekend here in the PNW. So let's get it started with your weekend jam...you sexy thing. :)

About the art: an acrylic underpainting in deep purples and greens. Palette knife and rubber wedge painting with oils and color wax. Horizontal lines and blurred spaces give a nod to abstraction, instead of a full high-five.

6 Comments

Carl Stoveland

8/13/2020 10:52:51 am

Yes! Portland was amazing on my visit. I only spent the one morning in the gorge. It needs more time than that! In fact 2 weeks meandering from My Hood yo Portland to Seattle via A meandering coastal route only serves to whet the appetite to travel there and make much more art! The painting is stunning and captures that time when the trees melt into the darkening sky.

jen

8/13/2020 11:11:58 am

Carl! The PNW is calling you back! Well, maybe after the Dry Tortugas. And yes...more time is needed. There is no end to the beauty here! Thanks for your feedback on the art. It is a mood I've been wanting to capture in some way.

Dotty Seiter link

8/13/2020 11:17:57 am

For SO many reasons, this post is JUST what I needed. Right here, right now. Oregon was foreign turf to me until about 12 years ago, but now I've been there many times and, YES! Those mountains, those trees, that gorge, those rivers, that timelessness, that wonder!

Look at YOU, capturing the mystery with paint. Holy moly.

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I was singing before I even got the link to your blog open. Then, the music, and watching those musicians, lifted this weary heart of mine RIGHT up and got it DANCING : )

8/13/2020 11:22:50 am

Dotty! Your comments make me smile! Delighted to give you a little pre-weekend dancing mojo boost - whew! We both needed that! xo

p.s. Oregon called. It wants you back.

Carol Edan link

8/14/2020 04:20:48 am

Have a great weekend! Can't say the hot -chocolate will be my drink of the day in this heat! But I do love it!
Really long for the mountains, gorges, and cool trails for hiking! Will have to make do for National Geographic videos and of course your paintings!

8/15/2020 06:31:22 pm

Carol, make your chocolate iced! And National Geographic works, too!

I Believe in Miracles

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