Haynie Collaborations

Sherri and I did a series of collaborations with a fish theme. I sculpted the fantasy fish with sculpy then painted them. Sherri took the fish and designed them into a box frame with embellishments.

The frames are cigar boxes. The fish have mosaic and glass bead inlays. 

art love

Jeff

Luna

This is my latest painting from my cat series. It's called "Luna". She has a sense of royality about her. The floating candles are symbolic of her thoughts, hopes, and dreams. As the lights move into the background they turn to stars. This is symbolic of her hopes becoming faith. Of course there is some fish jewelry around the collar. The patterns in her eye as you can see in the detail image are symbolic of vision. 

art love

Jeff 

My latest painting

I've been working on this painting off and on for the last 5 years. Finally I finished it. The image is about believing in yourself. It's part of my Northwest landscape series. It's an oil painting wrapped in copper metal. Then I inlayed mosiac tile around the edge. Then I used leather tools to pound in shapes in the metal. The letter have been embossed in copper. The dragonflys are sculpted with sculpy then painted in acrylic. Check on my earlier post that shows the sculptures.

It's hard to explain how hard it is to live the life of an artist. What you do is put out there for anyone to say anything. So many creative people don't see their talent within much less believe enough to let it out. Our culture doesn't really encourage creativity unless it fits into a way to make money. 

Sherri and I began years ago to allow our lifestyle, living space and thought process to be more conducive to creative expression. It's our individual voice that gives variety to life. Wheither it's the colors you choose, the shapes you draw or the idea, your creative voice belongs to you and nobody else. Treasure it. Nurture it. Don't be ashamed of it. 

It's a joy to see each one of my friend's personal work. Each time I see a new piece I learn just a little more about them. 

blessings and art love,

Jeff

New artwork in Spectrum 16 and Expose 7

Two of my new paintings were accepted in Spectrum 16 fantasy book which will be publish in November.  

The first one of my personal works called "Deep Dive" which is about a diver discovering a city hidden underwater. It is the moment of discovery.

The other painting was created for Mystery Case Files Return to Ravenhearst video game called "The cablecar". The painting is about a cablecar that has been converted into a gondola used to travel down the cliffside in the game. 

Also my first cat painting will appear in Expose 7. I'm so excited about this opportunity to expose my cat paintings in an international annual. 

Jeff

My mural days

There was a period where I painted murals when I lived in Texas. I design 2 logos, signage and a mural which I painted with the help of an assistant for the Ritz building in downtown Mckinney Texas. In the back there was a coffee shop called the backstage coffee shop. Since the coffee shop was opened during the day, I had to paint the mural after hours. The owners would make fresh pots of any coffee that I wanted right before they would lock me in for the night as well as give me free rain of the italian ice machine. When the mural was completed,  I signed it with a torn ticket stub. 

Jeff

Being Self Aware

Halibut, rock sole and flounder are strange looking fish in that the eyes are on one side of their bodies. When I did this drawing I was inspired by the halibut. The idea is that we only see in part or only part of what is going on around us. I've been learning a lot about being more self aware of my surroundings as if adding more eyes on my body to see more. See more, listen more and just be aware of what you do and how it affects other people. There are so many things in a given day that desensitizes us. I call this drawing "being self aware". 

art love

Jeff

Another textured fish painting

When I did this painting, I was experimenting using gel medium. Just a different texture. For the scales I used the head of a nail to get round scale like shapes in the texture. The fins I used a comb while the medium was wet. So many people have commented that this painting looks like stained glass. I guess it's because of the dark line around everything. The title of this painting is "Seize the Day"

art love

Jeff