JJ JASPERSON
WINTER WHIMSY & OTHER PAINTINGS
MARCH 7TH - 31ST
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY MARCH 7TH, 6-9PM
Jasperson decided to take on this formidable winter with a warm coat of paint and a decent set of palette knives. This exhibition of recent works focuses on memories of many winters past and present. The locations are Canadian; every where from British Columbia, Manitoulin Island, Lake Huron to Algonquin Park. Her subjects remain the same; times and places spent with family and friends. This time, however, many of paintings are blanketed with a layer of snow. Different subjects required different styles to evoke the feelings Jasperson was trying to convey, from the transparent drizzled washes on still planes of water to the thick impasto effects used to create the drifts of snow against dark, wintery woods.
Jasperson was born in Toronto. She received her BA (Honours English) from Bishops University and her Communication and Design Degree from OCAD. She worked for 10 years as a graphic designer, textile designer and illustrator, in both the corporate and retail sector. She then took a hiatus to raise her triplet daughters who have brought her joy, and much subject matter to explore.
JJ Jasperson's finished canvases are done in oil paints. Her preparatory sketches are in watercolour. She uses her photocopier, iPhone, Mac & printer to play around with her sketches to create a final composition which she will then reinterpret on canvas in oil paints. This technique allows her to be deliberate in composition & technique while remaining fresh and playful in her approach.
