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            J.Mele Art

The Evolution of My Artist's Journey . . .

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"Expressing All Parts of Ourselves is the Creative Healing Experience." 

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This is for all of you, all of the children and the children's children, who have suffered the journey of loss, abandonment, suffering and addiction. I questioned whether this was "too dark" for my feed, but honestly that thought is just an old fear reared out of the dysfunction I grew up in : Keeping emotions and pain and vulnerability a secret. "Do not talk, trust and feel. " I'm not able to survive doing that anymore. It takes up too much energy and steals my soul silently. My tolerance for denial and discomfort has shifted so much that there is no where to hide the rawness of my humanness but to offer it to the world and let it rest in the sun. My work, my life and my recovery are intertwined. For my journey thru loss is what has influenced all of my creations. And my healing thru loss is what has brought me joy.
Wowza these colors and pattern make me want to sing and do a little dance! How do they make you feel?💃🏻😉💫 (created with procreate)
Another little trifecta showing how art can be mixed and matched! I love a minimal look with pops of color, texture and movement for a gallery wall. Btw friends, I'm going to be trying something new with Insta Stories by having a different theme that I'll share about Mon-Fri. Going to give it a go for a month and see how it feels! Always appreciate your feedback!😘🎨🙌🏼🙏🏼
"You May Say That I'm A Dreamer." Available as a high quality Giclee print on watercolor paper in my shop!
Embracing all parts of me...Not too long ago I had another awakening along my journey. It isn't often that these awakenings are large and impactful, they are mostly slowwww shifts, but my artist's journey was quite the explosion last summer. Hundreds of minis and mandalas flowed out of me for months and I realized each one represented a part of me that had once been wounded and now had healed. I wrote a short little blog post about this if you'd like to hear a bit more. Link in bio or just go to jennifermele.com/blog. 💖✌🏼🎨💫🌍
How was your weekend? I went tubing down the Delaware yesterday which is always super relaxing! I'm constantly inspired how nature, art & paint are so interconnected. How simple movement, mimics water and wind and affects the paint just like they affect rocks and sediment. This image totally reminds me of a cross section of different layers of earth!
How sweet is this? Here is a beautifully printed and embroidered zippered pouch by the lovely Sue Henry of @tulusa.goods! I won this in a giveaway! It's such a nice size and the butterfly image has a lot of symbolism (more on that later). My little herbal friends can accompany me wherever I go. Shown here: lavender, spearmint and patchouli and then a new salve for sore muscles that smells like divinely sweet cinnamon! If you haven't checked out @tulusa.goods yet go now! She's got an eye for pattern & texture with a breezy, bohemian feel🙌🏼💫💖
One way I generate ideas and play when I'm unable to get my materials setup or am feeling too fatigued is to sketch with my fingertips with the procreate app. It's so fun to see how color palettes and ideas are potentially created months in advance. It's also fun when the sketches become their own expressive artworks that stand alone! How do you express your ideas? I want to know!!
A little watercolor doodle while I was hanging with the fam. Sending washes of rainbow over you this afternoon!
You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather-Pema Chodron 🙌🏼😊💖
New painting on canvas! It's quite clear I was inspired by my beach time this weekend. I love how nature leaves its nonverbal impressions only to be found later when I come into my body and let my hands and heart speak.
Good Monday Morning Everyone!! Thought it would be the perfect timing to share a little bit about my process. Shown here is a gallery wall display a good friend and I brainstormed this weekend. What a great idea she had to organize my work into these little collections that showcase how they interact and play off of eachother!! I feel like it's all about balance here and in my life as well. I'm always paying attention to how I'm feeling and how I can tune into centeredness. Some ways I've been doing this are reducing the amount of social media time to respond to give myself that downtime. I the look forward to coming back on here more! I'm journaling before bed to clear my mind and then writing down dreams I can remember when I wake up. I'm also slowwwwly organizing my home since I have moved in so everything has a place. I think I'll share more about this on a blog post too! Please share below how you are finding balance today!!
 

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