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Jeanne Palagonia
Naugatuck , Connecticut-
United States
Acrylics-
Portraits & Figures
I am a native Taino indian and have a nativemyspace account (yep can you believe it there is a my space for ndns!) which is very interesting. I am a traditional native person and follow the old ways of honoring the Creator in everything I do, and hope that my artwork reflects my gratitude for the amazing gift that is art.
My mission statement as an artist is celebrating native life in art which means that in my artwork I will always reflect native ways and views of the past, present and future and also give back to those who inspire me by supporting needy native people living on the rez
phone:
203-687-4875
website:
www.tainoartistry.net
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Artist Blogs
Tau and Welcome to my Blog!
2008-03-02
2/28/08 Winter...
Well, I finally gave in and decided to make my first blog page. Although I can't see myself being a heavy blogger (after all I do have to paint!) I thought this would be a good way to share with the art internet peeps what I am doing, where I hope to go, and what my art is heading.
I normally dislike the winter months-I hate cold weather in general but to be honest it is the only time I take for painting. I have two advantages actually- first my job allows me free time in the winter months as I end up only working 3 nights a week (at least until mid March early April) and since I don't like going out anyways well-it is a match made in heaven.
The winter is also the time when I start to decide what shows I am doing, re-designing my booth, working on stock for the summer and marketing myself as well. The shows I have picked this year are what I think good venues, and I have decided to do more pow-wow events as well. My art is mainly native themed and I thought it would be a good way to expose myself as more of a contemporary native painter.
My art is not traditional by most standards, I use colors that can be hard on the eyes (but oh so FUN!) and I do enjoy painting women in little to no clothing which is viewed as a HUGE no-no by native people. I suppose I take that liberty due to the fact that my own people ran around basically naked and we saw it as a natural way of being. I have the upmost respect for Native American tribes and have taken part in many of their ceremonies, so I make it a point to cover up some of my ladies when I get inspired by them.
Back to winter...
Much to my husband's dismay I decided this year to go against his advice and do more acrylic paintings, putting aside the watercolors for a while. It isn't that I don'e enjoy watercolors-I really do, but I just enjoy acrylic so much more! I find myself lost in the colors, the challenges of laying down the paint, and marvel at the outcome whether it was good or not. I enjoy the texture of paint and the patterns in the paint that the brush gives and I can tell you that it is easy for me to forget food, time etc when I am painting. The food part can be dangerous as I am diabetic (currently working on reversing this bad habit!) but it happens every time I take a brush into my hands.
This year what I hope to achieve is: a spot in Native Magazine as an upcoming artist, a few gallery shows (already have one prospective show in Ca), and to make more of a living off my art. My biggest dream is to paint all the time and call it work, not that I have a terrible job-most people would kill to do what I do professionally and I consider myself extremely blessed to have such an awesome job, but my passion is really my art. I think about it all the time, think about paintings, colors, compositions, even driving into work I look for ideas!
So that is my winter's story-one of laying down low but building huge dreams for the future. When the summer comes all I will be thinking is Coronas, beach, sun and picnics by the ocean-after all who as time to paint?
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