July 28 - August 20, 2017
Janly Jaggard – "INTROspection"
Recent Paintings and Vitreous Enamels
Helena Davis Gallery
Opening Reception for the Artists
Friday, July 28, 2017
7:00-10:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Closing Artist Talk
Sunday, August 20, 2017
2:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Janly Jaggard - Artist Statement
I want my work to be honest. I want the viewer to sense my presence at the easel as
I deliberate and question the validity of the conversation I have with the work as it
evolves.
My quest is to create work that generates a life of its own; as I work I continue to
revisit the surface and its materiality until I feel it breathing independently, telling
me that I can let go. This process can take hours or months or never arrive at all.
That is the driving force that keeps me painting and enameling. My purpose is
simple, that of developing a masterful use of materials.
My work begins from many sources most of which are objective. As for mediums I
mostly use oil or acrylic paint or powdered glass that is vitreous enamel. This is a dry
material that is typically sifted onto the copper plate in planes of transparent or
opaque color. This method of working is very different from the deliberate mixing of
paint with its adjustable fluidity and exact mix of hue. I find that the differing
methodologies for working these mediums inform me as cross referencing as I shift
from one to the other.
I have come to an understanding that a sense of uncertainty can provide a way to
investigate and find form for those things for which we have no language.
More at www.janlyjaggard.com
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