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Jeannine Curtis is a mixed media artist based in California. The fun she has while painting explodes onto her canvases, allowing collectors to capture her joy and bring that spirit of happiness into their homes and offices.
Abstract art gives our brains the freedom to find meaning and pattern where none may be explicitly intended. Just as we use our imagination to see shapes in clouds or faces in random objects, our minds naturally work to make sense of abstract forms. This active engagement can be deeply satisfying, as each viewer can discover their own unique interpretation.
Abstract art can evoke an emotional impact on the viewer. Many of Jeannine’s paintings energize the audience with their sense of movement.
Jeannine has a love for putting puzzles together. These mirrors are small and compact. There is an intimacy with the small mirrors. Jeannine sees the puzzle as an opportunity to build on the story that started on the puzzle.
She enjoys the ability of the mirrors to add to the puzzle and really enjoys the three-dimensional aspect of these pieces. Jeannine loves how each viewer can see multiple meanings in the objects and allows the viewer to craft their own stories in each of these compact pieces.
Action painting is a dynamic style of abstract art that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s, most famously associated with Jackson Pollock. It describes a method of painting where the artist approaches the canvas as an arena for physical action rather than a space to create a pre-planned image.
In action painting, the physical act of creating becomes as important as the finished work. Jeannine uses intuitive, gestural movements, letting the paint
drip and flow onto the canvas.
This painting started very spontaneously. Jeannine started with the sky and used a technique to pull down the colors from the sky, reminding her of the sky right before it rains.
Working spontaneously allows the marks Jeannine makes to dictate the shape areas. The elements in the piece are abstract, representing trees, fields, and bodies of water. All these elements are open to interpretation by the viewer.
