Jody Andersen started making art when she was a little girl growing up in Amity, Oregon. She would spend hours in her room or art class drawing or painting. She even sold some posters of a rainbow peace symbol to classmates. Eventually, Jody graduated from Oregon State University with a BFA in Visual Design.
After a 20 year hiatus from art to pursue a career in management, Jody picked up an online class from her favorite artist and has not stopped painting. Using acrylic paints and mediums, Jody is exploring her style using a tool called a catalyst wedge. This tool is what makes the distinctive cube shapes in some of her paintings.
Jody is influenced by colors and how they work together. By using an abstract approach she is able to work with just what she remembers most about scenery and beautiful pictures, without the need for where those colors came from.
Looking to the future, Jody plans to keep exploring abstract painting and is excited to discover what she comes up with next.
After a 20 year hiatus from art to pursue a career in management, Jody picked up an online class from her favorite artist and has not stopped painting. Using acrylic paints and mediums, Jody is exploring her style using a tool called a catalyst wedge. This tool is what makes the distinctive cube shapes in some of her paintings.
Jody is influenced by colors and how they work together. By using an abstract approach she is able to work with just what she remembers most about scenery and beautiful pictures, without the need for where those colors came from.
Looking to the future, Jody plans to keep exploring abstract painting and is excited to discover what she comes up with next.
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Artist’s statement:
When I sit down to start a painting, I am first inspired by colors. The colors of the ocean on a bright sunny day, the varying shades of a handful of sea glass, the bright pinks of a rhododendron flower against their background of shades of green, or the way golden yellow feels warmer next to plums and violets. I may not always remember the finer details of a scenic location or beautiful picture, but I do remember the colors that caught my attention. I love how some colors seem to express themselves more when layered on another, sometimes opposite
color; even more so when the expression is unexpected. After choosing my colors I then start layering, putting down paint in seemingly random places, guided by intuition, and keep building the layers until the many shapes cease to be individual shapes but the building pieces for creating a whole. I know I am done when my painting makes me feel the same as when I first was inspired by the colors.
When I sit down to start a painting, I am first inspired by colors. The colors of the ocean on a bright sunny day, the varying shades of a handful of sea glass, the bright pinks of a rhododendron flower against their background of shades of green, or the way golden yellow feels warmer next to plums and violets. I may not always remember the finer details of a scenic location or beautiful picture, but I do remember the colors that caught my attention. I love how some colors seem to express themselves more when layered on another, sometimes opposite
color; even more so when the expression is unexpected. After choosing my colors I then start layering, putting down paint in seemingly random places, guided by intuition, and keep building the layers until the many shapes cease to be individual shapes but the building pieces for creating a whole. I know I am done when my painting makes me feel the same as when I first was inspired by the colors.
