Thanks Helen! I too love the way Jeanne leaves some glowing mystery in her paintings. There’s more going on that just an arrangement of objects!

I’m so glad you found this article by Jeanne so helpful Esther!!

So good to hear Janet! I was delighted that Jeanne went into her process of selection and arrangement in-depth, and as you point out, shows how she considers not only the spatial relationship between the objects themselves but also their colour relationship through local and reflective colour.
I too was recently introduced to alcohol washes and black tape in a McKinley workshop! The black tape works extraordinarily well!!

Kat, I’m so happy to hear you got so much out of Jeanne’s post! I too loved reading about Jeanne’s process and the care that goes into her object choice and arrangement.

Agreed Ruth!!
As you point out, it’s interesting to see the degree of finish in Jeanne’s work. I love that she can trust her intuition to take the painting as far as it needs to go.
Thanks for pointing out a similarity between my work and Jeanne’s in the initial stages of a piece. That put a smile on my face this morning!!

C’est mon plaisir Nancy!
And thank you for sharing your thoughts about the words ‘still life’ and their translation in french (which is a rather unfortunate literal translation!). I like your version better! And yes, Jeanne’s paintings bring a vibrant life back to ‘nature morte’ 🙂

Hi Val, good to hear from you! It’s always nice to have a confirmation about the way one works and I like that you’ve shared that with us 🙂
And yes! the black tape! Like I said at the end of the blog, I just learnt this tip in a recent workshop with Richard McKinley. And you can see in Jeanne’s photo what a difference it makes to the work!!