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Pontormo “Portrait of a Halberdier” ca. 1530

Picasso “Portrait of Ambroise Vollard” 1910


Figure Study (detail), Gouache on Canson paper 9 by 12  Inches, 2020, ©️J.Ballay. .

Figure Study (detail), Gouache on Canson paper 9 by 12 Inches, 2020, ©️J.Ballay. .

Remote Connections : New Opportunities

Jamie Ballay January 27, 2021

Recently I've begun working from the figure again. It has been on my mind to return to the figure in my imagery. I had researched drawing groups around town and then COVID took over. It seemed as if drawing and working from a live model was not to be for 2020. I happily found out otherwise.

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The Months go by...

Jamie Ballay October 29, 2020

It came up in conversation, that time has become such a heightened experience during this pandemic. Seeming to stand still, yet the seasons remind us that time is clearly moving on. Few things symbolize permanence like mountains…

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Peonies # 15, Oil on Primed Archival Paper, 14 by 21 Inches, 2020, ©️J.Ballay. .

Peonies # 15, Oil on Primed Archival Paper, 14 by 21 Inches, 2020, ©️J.Ballay. .

Morandi and Latour

Jamie Ballay September 27, 2020

If you take the basic elements of a still life painting composition, there are only a small number of actors/settings/props needed for the illusion to begin. Now consider the variables involved in the process of painting from observation (lighting situation, paint treatment, composition, detail vs general). Multiply this by the variables present in even one human artist

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Bind Weed Patch # 1 (Detail), Oi on Canvas, 16 by 20 inches, 2020. J.Ballay

Bind Weed Patch # 1 (Detail), Oi on Canvas, 16 by 20 inches, 2020. J.Ballay

Chasing Beauty

Jamie Ballay August 22, 2020

I am always chasing beauty in my paintings. I believe the ability to search for beauty is one of humanity’s finest traits. There is a Gerhard Richter quote, “Art is the highest form of hope.” It is this hope that drives my search for Beauty and Moments of Real in my work….

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Peonies # 7. Oil on Panel, 9 x 12 inches, J. Ballay, 2019.

Peonies # 7. Oil on Panel, 9 x 12 inches, J. Ballay, 2019.

Confidence with the Unknown

Jamie Ballay April 2, 2020

As we make our way through this health crisis we face so many unknowns from every direction. Unknowns can be a great source of invention, too many of them can overload our decision making. I think we all feel a little overloaded right now, I know I do.

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Artifacts of Mass Media

Jamie Ballay March 8, 2020

Assembling the cast off pieces of yesterday’s news, artists discovered a visual poetry that hadn’t been seen before. Something new, compelling and visually relevant to the “Now” emerged as a means for artistic language and social discourse. Addressing the questions of, “How does the human relate to the machine and it’s industry?” And, “How and Where, do our human souls fit into this unknown mechanized nature?”

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Hydrangea Study, Oil on Panel, 9 by 12 Inches, J Ballay 2019

Hydrangea Study, Oil on Panel, 9 by 12 Inches, J Ballay 2019

Starting with a gessoed panel

Jamie Ballay March 8, 2020

Starting with a gessoed Panel in this case a 9 x 12 Dibond Aluminum Panel .I begin by laying down a toned ground of Burnt Umber thinned with medium. Next, I draw into the dark ground revealing the lighter tone underneath. Following where I see light describing form. This step is done with dry brush,

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Photo: Diana Lehr

Photo: Diana Lehr

Surfing Beneath The Surface

Jamie Ballay February 25, 2020

In the most recent installation Cheryl McGinnis has brought another first to the Flatiron Prow Space with the video work of Diana Lehr. Lehr’s video loop titled “Surfing Beneath The Surface” follows a fallen Maple leaf caught in the current of a swollen winter stream.

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