summer plans
Summer starts next week! The kids will soon be done with school and we will begin our crazy summer adventure. I'm taking them to visit...
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Jessica
Apr 30, 20181 min read
travel adventures
My family and I just got home from our latest travel adventure to southern France. It was an unbelievably beautiful vacation filled with...
Jessica
Apr 5, 20181 min read
Abstractify
I started a course in March called Abstractify by Tara Leaver. I've made my way through the first week and I am having a blast. I can...
Jessica
Jan 24, 20181 min read
Puerto Vallarta
We had such a lovely vacation in Puerto Vallarta last week. We saw the sun! We ate delicious food. We spent time with family. We sat in...
Jessica
Jan 15, 20181 min read
podcast interview
Last week I was interviewed by the amazingly talented Molly O’Riley for her Darling Rage Nation podcast. You guys. I was so excited to...
Jessica
Jan 12, 20181 min read
painting challenge update
I am officially changing my 15-in-30 painting challenge to a 15 in 2018 challenge. Or a 15 in 365. However you want to look at it. I have...
Jessica
Dec 20, 20171 min read
year-end update
This has been a crazy year - from political marches and protests, to traveling around with the kids. I am so grateful for everything I...
Jessica
Nov 29, 20171 min read
podcasts
I feel like I am probably the last person in the world to discover the wonderful world of podcasts. It all started with an artist that I...
Jessica
Nov 21, 20171 min read
gift ideas
Do you have a hard time picking gifts for people? I have the best idea ever and I'm only slightly biased. I truly believe that paintings...
Jessica
Nov 1, 20171 min read
ideas
I've been thinking recently about where ideas come from. I'm often asked about that as a visual artist and I don't always understand the...
Jessica
Sep 25, 20171 min read
wisteria
Has a painting ever changed your life? For me, I was a freshman at Oberlin College when I first saw Monet's Wisteria that hangs in the...
Jessica
Aug 23, 20171 min read
introduction
I'm not great at introducing myself. This is the most noticeable in real-life settings when I just smile and assume everyone around me...
Jessica
Aug 1, 20171 min read
travel recap - Adirondacks
The second half of summer vacation included 2 weeks in the peaceful Adirondacks (briefly interrupted by a quick trip to NYC for a lovely...
Jessica
Jul 26, 20171 min read
travel recap - UK
London, Edinburgh, the Adirondacks, NYC for a wedding, more Adirondacks, and we're back. That's a lot!! I'm so excited to be home. Here...
Jessica
Jun 22, 20171 min read
summer travels
The kids are out of school and it is officially summer! Tomorrow night we are leaving on a 2-week trip to the UK, followed by a 2 week...
Jessica
May 12, 20171 min read
painting class
Over the last two years I have found my favorite painting class. I have an amazing teacher and the students in the class are all fabulous...
Jessica
Mar 27, 20171 min read
why JPL?
Let me explain why I sign my paintings JPL. There are so many options when signing a painting, and I find the whole thing to be strange...
Jessica
Mar 27, 20171 min read
finding the sweet spot
Do you know that feeling when everything clicks, when what you're doing is working, you're happy and in the zone? I'm addicted to finding...
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