Le Thrift Consignment is excited to be a part of West Town Art Walk and Food Truck Social this weekend. The Artwalk will take place this Friday, November 30th from 5 to 10 pm and Saturday, October 1st from 12 to 6 pm in the West Town Neighborhood. We will be hosting the amazingly talented, Layne Jackson with her latest works of art at the boutique.
Having been a long fascinated with Layne's work, I wanted to share with you more about the artist that is living and working in the Ukranian Village neighborhood of Chicago.
Having been a long fascinated with Layne's work, I wanted to share with you more about the artist that is living and working in the Ukranian Village neighborhood of Chicago.
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For the West Town Art Walk 2016, the artist is exhibiting large scale paintings.
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What childhood influences do you think shaped the way to you becoming an artist? How did you find your calling as an artist?
One of my childhood friends' father was a well known race car painter. He seemed to have a good life and got to sit in his studio with all of that color around. I would venture in and always loved the smell of the turpentine and oil paint
What type of style would best describe your work?
Narrative
What type of work are you currently working on?
After twenty years of large images focused on figures in interiors and exterior
environments, and working and teaching in public studios, a move last year back to my
environments, and working and teaching in public studios, a move last year back to my
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| New Botanical Nature Drawings + Paintings - http://www.laynejackson.com/walking-libraries |
private studio is yielding new work that is small and exploratory, painting the natural world around me, called Walking Libraries.
Who are your favorite creative people?
Paula Rego (painter), Martuis (botanical painter), Mary Lou Williams (pianist/composer), Werner Herzog (director)
What is your favorite Chicago place to go?
I love Millennium Park and go every chance I have. Love to hear music in the Pavilion and the new Maggie Daley park is terrific. The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a rare and amazing museum, and their very strong support base makes thei shows powerful and diverse. A treasure! And I will take a cocktail at Mott Street any day
What is your favorite part of being an artist in Chicago?
Chicago is an great place to work in the arts--an abundance of research and opportunities and a strong coalition of talented and professional people. There is strong support and a wealth of ideas for collaboration.
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| Prints at Special Art Walk Prices - http://www.laynejackson.com/buy-prints/ |
The new direction is exciting and am pursuing ideas that have been in sketchbooks and my head for many years. Currently am planning a series of Walking Libraries that identify different areas, printable as books, and enlarged in scale for public art work.
What piece of advice can you offer to budding artists that would help them grow?
Only you have your voice and there should be nothing that stops you. Work on something everyday. It's not original to me, but I will say 'Be Yourself, Everything else is Taken'.
Where can people find your work online? (Ex: Instagram handle, blog, web site)
INSTAGRAM
WEBSITE
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