Jess Purser Art

Pondering nature and living life a little bit better

 I'm always daydreaming about John Muir quotes, so it only seemed right to put on down in paint. I love these colour combinations!

'Nature's Loveliness' 8" x 10" print.

We had a big house clear-out recently, so it doesn't feel as though there's quite as much to clean and keep on top of, which is great! I do get attached to THINGS, but am teaching myself that most of it really is not all that necessary. It's a tough lesson, but life feels better now! I can get on with the things I really want to, which means MORE PAINTING!

You can find prints in the shop.

If you're one of my amazing Patreon supporters, I'll be including this with your monthly rewards - new goodies every month! THANK YOU!!!

Jess

 

Jane Eyre prints

It was about time I began to paint some proper Brontë pieces. This is the first. The original has sold, but you can find prints in the shop :) 

More soon xxx

Jane Austen Postcards and Stickers

I've been so excited to introduce these new Austen goodies to you!

Click >>HERE << to find them :)  

Have a beautiful day! 

~ Jess

Back in business!

OK. It's time to sort this thing out! I have this blog back and so much has changed in the past - 5 years!

 

I feel I have improved technically and have so many ideas brimming away - if only there were time in one lifetime to execute them all ;) So I won't waste time here babbling, but will attempt to keep things streamlined, yet fun.

You can find more of my work as usual in the Etsy shop and I also regularly update my Instagram account these days.

I've moved into working on a lot of forested landscapes recently, in my Into The Woods section of the shop.

Also, there's one more place where you can support me, watch videos, win original artwork and get all kinds of lovely, arty rewards - my Patreon. If you haven't heard of Patreon, it's a place where you can support your chosen creator financially on a monthly basis for as little as $1 a month and get extra content and rewards you can find nowhere else - there are so many great creators out there who are so grateful to have the extra security of a monthly income. Some use the funds to pay for their own studio space, others to keep up with bills. i use mine to put straight back into my business and print and make new goodies for my amazing supporters. Come and join my little Patreon family - (or someone else's!) if you love to be a Patron Of The Arts! :)

New Jane Austen Stickers! Funded by my amazing Patreon supporters :) See you soon!

See you soon!

Jess

 

 

Photography and Obsessive Tendencies

The other day, the sun was streaming in onto my desk. As usual, there were amultidude of items strewn around. Three of these were my staple gun, a pebble and a white piece of paper.

You might think it a bit strange, but I became a bit obsessed with the textures there and had to take a load of photos. Can you see the fantastic contrasts there? The absolute white, the transparent, pool-like blue through the plastic and the earthy, solid, completely real stone.

 
I'm not sure if this just looks like an insane person talking, or if it's OK to get a bit obsessed with things like this sometimes!

On ths same day, I was walking back from the post office, and a few big gusts of wind blew up, knocking the spring Magnolia petals off the trees. It seemed incredibly poetic to me. If you look carefully here, you can see a petal floating off...

and after:

xxx

Whooooo Are Youuuuuuuuu?

I finished this little one last night! It was so much fun to paint, I'm working on two more Alice paintings today!

"Alice In Wonderland - Who Are Youuuuu?" (5 x 7 acrylic on canvas)

She's right here.

xxx

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. Michaelangelo.

Yes. I'm sure he does. I think ladies do too! As you can see, i've been looking through quotes pages again! Love them! There are certain ones which I find don't necessarily speak to me some days, then other days, they're all I can think about and keep on wizzing around and around in my mind like little mantras.

I realised I have just one more little painting to show you today.

As people have been absolutely loving this image the past year or so (thank you!)...

"Marcel et Janelle" postcard set

...I have painted another little couple, too:

"Paris, 1958 - Taking Paris"

I had a thing about making her dress the most bonbon-candy-pink possible. It isn't really showing up on this monitor, but in real life, you can almost smell the strawberries and cream!

Thanks for looking!

xxx

"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires " Hedy Lamarr

Today, I completely agree with this quote.

This is today's desk!

Do you recognise what that little painting there might be? I'm working on it pretty much flat-out today, so am hoping to have it finished by tomorrow, or even tonight. I feel that I've been able to get a lot of painting done this week. Here are some more shop newbies:

"Paris, 1961 - What She Wants"  and "Paris, 1962 - Pale and Very, VERY Interesting". You can click on the pictures to see them in the shop.

"Paris, 1963 - Bette Went Incognito" and "Paris, 1958 - Cake, Anyone?"

Then, the last couple of nights, I've been working on something different, just as a colour excersise at first, then I decided to make the blocks of colour nice and smooth, then the lines became sharper and it began to remind me a little of the undulating cleanliness of a Tamara de Lempicka painting, although much more simplified, of course.

"Thoughts" (5 x 7 acrylic on canvas)

I can't help but wonder what she is doing; why she is standing there; what has just happened; what is she waiting for...?

I put just a little more detail into the curved vessel on the left. I like the feeling of balance and reflection and cool silence.

I hope you like them!

xxx

Flutterings at Springtime

So now I've finished two of the new butterfly paintings and I thought you'd like to see them here if you haven't already over at the shop!

"Green Hairstreak on Green" Original acrylic painting 5" x 7"

"Adonis Blue on Red" Original acrylic painting 5" x 7"

We went to Southampton for the weekend and it seemeed the world was blooming!

Oh and don't forget that there are some new surprises in the shop this week too!

Yup - lots and lots of goodies both old and new up for grabs...
I'm filling them with AT LEAST $60 worth of lovely bits and bobs from the shop...

and the best bit (because you don't know what you're getting) is that they only cost $25 smackeroonies!

Woot!

See you there, or be

xxx

 

Vintage Postcard Ladies

I've been so looking forward to sharing these with you! They were finally delivered this morning by our friendly postie.

As you have loved these images so much, I thought I'd make a proper effort and make them into authentic-looking vintagey postcards, by using an old design, scanning and rehashing it just a touch, then popping it on the reverse of my own Parisian lady images. The printers have done an excellent job of bringing them to life. YAYs all round for AwesomeMerchandise!!!

Who could resist scribbling here?

Not me...I couldn't help but imagine a little lady very similar to the ones depicted, using one of the postcards to write to her friend back in London Town:

I'm keeping a stash for myself, but there are some for you too! They're here, in the shop!

xxx