Painting | Ceramics | Mixed-Media
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For the Light Within
For the Light Within explores the interplay between openness and protection; how we modulate our internal “apertures” in response to the world around us. We instinctively open and close ourselves, adjusting our emotional porosity depending on whether we feel safe or threatened. This negotiation between vulnerability and guardedness reveals the balance we maintain to protect our inner selves while remaining open to connection.
Through mixed media—painting, drawing, ceramics, and fiber—each material conveys a facet of our inner world: fluid paint evokes openness, solid ceramics form protective barriers, and woven fibers act as filters.
Apertures—both literal and metaphorical—serve as thresholds. They allow light to enter and radiate outward, but can also narrow to protect our inner light. My work invites viewers to consider their apertures:
When do we open to let the light in?
When do we shield it?
What patterns of opening and closing shape our relationships—when to soften or fortify?
My practice rests in the tension between boundaries and permeability. What beauty emerges when we find the courage to both guard and give our inner light?
For the Light Within
The Annex a Scalehouse Project Bend, OR
September 5 - November 2, 2025
What beauty arises when we have the courage to both protect and share our inner light?
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“I love the strength in all of J’s pieces. The movement of her art reminds me of rivers and trails. A vibrant life isn’t always a linear progression. There are linear times, but life also has bends and twists. Life curves just like J’s art and the beauty is in those curves.”
- Kathleen
When you discover what makes you come alive and invite it into your life, your spirit ignites, shining a light upon the path that’s truly yours.
And if you fuel the fire within by stoking it with play and ponder, your creativity becomes boundless.
Hi, I’m J.
maker, mama, landscape architect gone rogue, AND Mississippi Delta girl living in Central Oregon.
…Imagine a lil’ bit of “blingy y’all-ness” meets art lover mixed with outdoor adventure…
In my case, it was the process of art-making that sparked a burning flame in my heart.
Art allows me to translate emotion into objects. I want to create artifacts that compel you and evoke emotions.
When I’m not dreaming up ways to travel the world with my family, you’ll find me either in my studio making art or venturing into the mountains.
“J’s pieces tell a story I want to know. There is a mix of play and pondering, sending energy that goes well beyond just what you see. The layers draw you in and the color holds you there. Her ability to create with intention continues from the start of your purchase to the arrival of your piece of art and you know you have added something extraordinary to your world.”
- AMY
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“J will go wherever her creativity takes her—ceramics, painting, drawing, music, video, photography, and outside places. For inspiration, she often draws from a deeply personal experience of place and her connections to it.”