oh yeah, my photography isn't too bad either ;)

I bought a brand new Cannon, and tried it out. I've been slightly obsessing....just a little. This is a series titled, 'this old house'. I've just been going around taking pics of and around the home I bought this summer. Slightly edited in Photoshop CS4.

new portrait in process!

I really like this one a lot. The colors are fabulous, and this is the direction I'm going with the next pieces I create.

On the grind

so, I've been a bit shady with the posting, however I've been doing quite a bit of work. thhis is a piece I've been working on the past three days.

A piece I created a year ago

This is a portrait I did that was inspired by aunt who passed a few years back. My husband is also an artist and he created the print blocks that outlined this piece, so this is really a collaboration piece. We work really well together, we just don't create enough pieces together.

I'm almost done with this portrait, but I keep getting "stuck" or distracted. The goal is to finish this by the Sunday.

Oh yeah, I went to the opening last night of the BADC art show titled 'Blackness' at the DC Art Center. Very inspirational.....I do wish I would of entered one of my pieces. Oh well....next time.

finished piece

this is a piece I created for my friend as a wedding gift. It's called the 'flower girl'.

I'm in the process of working on two portraits...here's the first one in progress

grind mode
So today is Saturday. Work has been extra stressful. It's interesting how people are threatened by someone young and talented.....and I won't pull the race card, but it kind of makes you wonder...

On a different note, I'm back in the grind mode.
my inspiration; Talib Kweli.

tired

So, after a long day of work, I feel the inspiration to create.
But I'm tired, really tired. Hopefully tomorrow new creations can possibly be born.

Peace.

Shout out to my first and one and only followerer ;)

created last weekend

So promised myself to create three pieces a week.These were created last weekend.

most current pieces

created these three within the past two weeks

red foxx

my first love; oil painting

paintings from my art exhibition in Milwaukee

okay, so theses are the paintings from some of the art from Artomatic and pieces from my Milwaukee exhibition.Most of the pieces were sold, so I didn't get too great of pictures.
Shout out to WOO Connections!

new painting.....love it

new painting

new painting, but not quite finished

process...

the introduction

My name is Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and I am an artist. This blog is about me journeying through the art world, ya know, making a name for myself. I consider myself an amateur artist although I've been around for some time now....somewhat. Well, I've only been a "professional" artist the past 5 years. See in college, I was an Illusratrator in Jackson, MS, where I gained a slight buzz with my Norman Rockwell inspired drawings. I also illustrated a children's book, "Grandma's Biscuits" during my senior year in college. So several publications; I have it. However, working as a fiine artist has been somewhat of a struggle. I mean, I've been having a sort of identity crisis the past five years, trying to fine my voice amongst so many. But then one day, a somewhat friend invited me to a huge event in DC called Artomatic. I decided to enter the 1000 artist unjuried art exhibition although it seemed as if I was a very small fish in a big ass pond. When approaching the exhibition, I decided to put my heart in it, to stay true to myself and my subject and have a screw a profit idea embedded in my head. And I went for it. And guess what....it was great, The best I've ever created. I actually felt confident in the work I created. I found my voice, and I'm sharing it with the blog world.

peace.