jemcphillips

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Here's me in spring 2022, shot by the brilliant @michaelscarpellichicago in front of @jasonbrammer 's eye-popping "Way of the Rose" installation. #artistsoninstagram #flowering #spring (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcF5qx5Lk0f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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"Neith" the Egyptian goddess of the sky and cosmos, whose reach spanned from water to war and many things inbetween. I have a feeling that she'll appear in my work again at some point. . . #sky #goddess #sacredfeminine (at The Nile River Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-KdDNrWHq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Good, bad, or indifferent, just keep going. Maybe if you placed every line I ever made end to end it could reach Venus, or maybe only the Moon, but I'm gonna try for the Sun if I can. #drawing #sketch #inspiration (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbvkAwMLqiv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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In the piece I created for the #atomicnumber13 show @verticalgallery I buried a Bohr-Rutherford Diagram of the aluminum atom. A nucleus of 13 protons and 14 neutrons is surrounded by concentric rings each carrying a set number of negatively charged electrons also adding up to 13. The entire arrangement recalled to me the action of a droplet striking a pool of water. . Hope you can make it out to the show, the line-up is spectacular! . Panels by @artbuilds @verticalgallery @j.renda_artist . . . #atomicnumber13 #verticalgallery #artbuilds #sciencefacts (at Vertical Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXLzNsWL_Fw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Trying to get better about posting more often. New piece, strange palette constraints. This one has been in my heart for a while but is still between me and the muses, so more on this later. (at Camden, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXE0iC3PRsA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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They're so easy to fall in love with at this stage... . #thumbnail #design #sacredgeometry (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW-5Jkkr_l-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The extraordinary triad of water air and light. From my cloud file. #clouds #bothsidesnow https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8WPKBsmqz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I wouldn't say these are particularly good drawings, but they ARE very useful drawings. I jotted down these little visual notes while sitting ringside at a boxing match (in the beforetimes). Proportional issues aside, when I look at them today, years later, they conjure up the feelings of dynamism observed from moving life in physical space. #goodpractice #drawingart (at Soho House Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgm8tBP_IC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I always hope that my pieces invite the viewer to bring their own interpretation and thus complete the piece in ways that are much greater and more significant than my initial impetus. This piece came out of contemplations of the shadow-self, what it takes from us, and what it leaves behind. . . "Parable" Oil and gold leaf on panel 17x17 in. 2016 (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWdcho-L1Xq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Books, headphones, drafting table, not much has changed... #tbt https://www.instagram.com/p/CWatYKcLKI0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I spent the darkest days of the pandemic creating symbols for an alien language as part of the #xenolanguage project @thornygames. One of the things I love about painting digitally is being able to refine and render down to the pixel level. Swipe for details. (at Area 51, Roswell New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWVo_rqro1z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Flower and Fruit Oil and gold leaf on panel 35 x 56 in. 2016 (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWQtwG3LXXz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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There was a period in my painting life where I mostly just painted landscapes from life and my studio was a used Astrovan I named "Miquela". This is one of my favorite pieces from those times. (at Tickfaw, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWOdIMvP8Us/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Sometimes only a few rough lines are all there is time for, but when well observed this souvenir from lived experience carries a great deal of useful information. Further, the best "finished" works carry the spirit of these principle lines and initial impressions. #fromlife #quicksketch #sketchbook (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWLamh_LdQi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Small painting, big ideas. Form and Void Oil and Gold leaf on Panel 10 x 10 in. (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWI4VSer-H-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Getting into character...a couple of references for my piece for #atomic13 @verticalgallery . . #tinwoodsman #tinman #selfie (at Oz Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWDsWFRLBBU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“The Silk Heart (The Tin-Woodsman Devours his Illusions)” Oil and Epoxy Resin on Aluminum Composite panel, 11 x 14” . . Here’s my contribution to the #atomic13 show at @verticalgallery Dec 11- Nov 8, curated by the wunderkind @j.renda_artist and featuring 70+ artists exploring the thirteenth element on the periodic table. Panels sponsored by @artbuilds . (at Vertical Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV8PXGqrFxE/?utm_medium=tumblr