Jarrilee

My art has always been my refuge.  It's the thing I do to find solace, or process emotions, or just simply take time out from the maddening world.  It has been my saviour and is integral to my life. Most of my art is intuitive.  I never start anything with any vision and just let it flow any which way it wants until it is complete.  That's why you'll find various styles, themes, colour schemes, etc.  It just depends on the mood of the day and where I'm at.  All my art work is significant to me in some way and is fundamentally a visual journal of where my head was at when I created it.  I have enormous diversity when it comes to art.  Over the years I've covered everything - oils, acrylic, most types of mixed media, water colour, pencils, charcoal, pastels, ink, canvas, paper, etc.  I can do highly detailed work, abstract, realistic, simplified, detailed, colourful, monochromatic. For a few years I moved towards digital art, mainly because I lost my studio as a result of changing life circumstances, but now I'm back doing traditional art on paper and canvas.  As an "artist" I feel ill-defined as such because of the variety of work I do, but I'm now embracing my diversity and view each piece for what it is.  I truly appreciate anyone who likes my work and hope that it connects and resonates with them like it has with me.  Thanks to anyone and everyone who gets it and likes my work.