Jaume Plensa

Forgot to mention, totally saw this last night:

Click to make it bigger. This work is called Sho and it is at the Meadows Museum at SMU. Totally blew my mind and it's big! I want to be inside it. But just wanted to share this awesomeness, and please look him up!! More than likely it was fabricated by others, but it was his idea. I learn this tends to happen with some artists, they think up the idea and get others to make it. I could go more in depth about this, but I won't. Still, I want to know more about the process to achieve this.

Not Quite Yet

I am changing what I was doing. Actually, I have simply narrowed it down to a specific subject matter. I am still experimenting with surfaces, and textures. I don't think I ever posted what I was really doing with my show. No use for that now. Instead, I'll give you the five words I've been thinking of lately to describe my aim with the body work: Texture. Story. Life. Organic. Metamorphic. These words are likely to change. See what happens.


Since I am still in the process of figuring things out, I have decided to not post any work here or on facebook, and I'm not going to text anyone images either. Though my mom has already seen one. Instead, I want it all to be a surprise to people who come to Synopsis in October. Then, after the show, I'll post images of the work. In the mean time, I'll post some of my favorite pieces from the past in other pages to give some insight of what it is I like to do.

New Page

Added a new page titled "Commissions" today, just three works from the summer. If interested in a commission email me at jswanart@gmail.com


PS: I realize they may not be the best quality photos, but hopefully you get the point. I may even post the details of two of them later.

An Introduction

The name is Jessica and the passion is art. As a senior art major, I must develop a body of work throughout the course of this final year and display it in April for all to see. In addition to that, I will be placed in a room with the art department and be questioned about my work and my presentation, and from this will be determined if I graduate or not.

Until then, I have a lot of work to do, including taking Comps, comprehensive exam, in art history as part of the requirement, do my work for my other classes which at the moment includes philosophy, modern art, and printmaking, the latter two I am excited and relate to everything I love to do. The first, I do not like whatsoever. However, it is my last core course as my school requires 3 philosophy courses. At least, my time now is mostly focused on art, I can write and learn about it's history, continue printmaking and hopefully use  the works in my show, and just paint my heart.


A week and half of classes have gone by. My goals from now til the last week of October, where there will be a senior show and a senior review, are to complete 4-5 paintings, 2 prints, and most of my modern art paper. I have to fit philosophy in there too, it will all get done though.

This is my life.
You are more than welcome to observe.

Love, hope, and faith,
Jessica