Winter Work

Winter's been long for more reasons than gray days & long nights. Jessie Marie Studio has been busy wrapping up two big projects & diligently moving two others forward. See visuals below.

Program cover for Operation Stimulus 2012 - a conference put on by the Denver Transportation Club.

Poster design for St. Andrew's spring semester lecture series.

Ticket design for St. Andrew's spring semester lecture series.

Website homepage for Littlefield Auction Company. See entire site (still in the works) here.

Project Baby Scheuneman 2.0 due June 30, 2012.

Light in Darkness

Since the middle of October, I start my Wednesday workday with a Morning Meeting. I spend about a half hour in the woods with my Canon Rebel Xti photographing what I see. Rain, fog & gray clouds have joined me on all but one morning. Today I stalled in the truck longer than normal. The gray days have become draining.

Life can become pretty draining too. From the outside it looks like all potential for joy & color have been lost. Much like the minutes before I force myself out of the truck with camera in hand. Then you dig in. You start connecting with your environment. You start building relationships. And suddenly a beautiful story starts to form. Color screams from the grayness. Joy over pours from your soul.

I found vibrant color and an overabundant amount of joy during my Morning Meeting today. Not only in he photos I was taking, but in the promise of Christmas. The promise that Jesus will put His light into my gray & dull life everyday. 

"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." John 12:46

May your Christmas weekend be filled with light, joy & color!

See today's entire Morning Meeting here.

In Progress: Bike Love

The beginning of this journey was documented here.

Painting #1

11.10.11

11.12.11

11.13.11

State of Painting #1 as of 11.30.11

Painting #2

11.10.11

11.12.11

State of Painting #2 as of 11.30.11

Painting #3

11.10.11

11.12.11

11.13.11

Finished Painting (!!) #3

Photos that will hang in front of Painting #3

I love it when a project starts coming together - even if a bit late. Hoping to have everything put together by Christmas.

In Progress: Jenny Lake Illustration

"A lake is the landscape's most beautiful & expressive feature. It is the earth's eye; 

looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature." 

- Henry David Thoreau

View of Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons from Inspiration Point

Copy & initial sketch to work from to create paper cut

10.13.2011

10.27.2011

11.10.2011

inspiration from blog post "Grand Teton National Park: Fun Things to Do!" 

on EnjoyRangerRoy.Wordpress.com

Moose Falls Illustration

Illustration of Moose Falls in Yellowstone National Park

words by Jarrod Scheunemann

photography by Nic Mulvaney

Morning Meetings

Wednesday mornings I've been going to Lake of the Woods Park in Mahomet, IL. There I spend at least a half hour with my camera. What I find I've been posting on my flickr's photostream. Below is one image from each week. This week I'm in Atlanta. My camera has been attached to me.

Morning Meeting 10.12.11

Morning Meeting 10.19.11

Morning Meeting 10.26.11

Opryland Hotel. Nashville, TN.

Georgia Aquarium. Atlanta, GA.

Today

Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out

I wanted more
Than life could ever grant me
Bored by the chore
Of saving face

-Smashing Pumpkins, Today

* * * * *

Everyday I wake up at 6AM. Workout. Shower. Build Relationships. And Make Art.

Here is the progression of some of that art.

Words to Paint By for Bike Love 

Painting #1

Get on your bike right outside your front door.

Low-traffic residential roads will get you anywhere in town.

Painting #2

People will think you’re having fun. And you will be!

Plus you will get some extra exercise, fresh air, and a sense of accomplishment. 

Painting #3

When you bike all over a place it becomes yours.  

The more we bike CU, the more we love CU.

 Photos to Paint By for Bike Love

Inspiration for Painting #1 for the project Bike Love.

Inspiration for the under-painting of Painting #2

Inspiration for the overlay of painting of Painting #1

Inspiration for the under-painting of Painting #3

Inspiration for the overlay of painting of Painting #3

State of paintings on 10.21.11

State of paintings on 10.26.11