Whimsy in Color and Black and White
Artwork by Jeannie Vodden
Jeannie Vodden's watercolors are full of layered color and life. Her drawings are whimsically charming.
You are invited to come into her curious little garden-world during the month of April at Gallery 10.
“My interest in the variety of textures and patterns found in both natural and man-made objects is quite often the starting point for my paintings and drawings. Adding natural light creates a sense of volume. With a figure and a dash of fantasy, we have a little visual story. I’m a big lover of the representational as well as the fantasy realms … So, in this show, you will see a mixture of each”
Jeannie’s preference for the complex play of form and light is balanced by her use of a very simple palette. Starting with only three colors, she glazes many transparent watercolor layers. Each layer modifies the last, changing the color and adding a multi-leveled glow. Though the process takes some patience, the visual effects are revealed in an unusual depth of color… well suited for transparent watercolor.
And…In the last several years Jeannie has broadened her repertoire with some charming pencil drawings …a series called The Unseen Folk. Interestingly, the techniques she uses in her drawings mirror those of her watercolor. However, instead of color, she is layering light to dark graphite.
Jeannie is a popular instructor of watercolor. She has taught workshops throughout California and in Wyoming and Washington State for over 20 years. She enjoys demonstrating her watercolor techniques to art and community organizations and finds the challenge of judging art competitions rewarding and inspiring.
She has shown her work in galleries and businesses throughout California, including the Crocker Art Museum, the Haggin Museum, the Orland Art Center, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Double Dip Gallery and many others. Her work has won many awards and has been published in a number of publications including Pratique des Art Magazine in France and Artist Palette Magazine in Australia, and in 2021 in Splash 22, a watercolor magazine celebrating fine watercolor art.
In 2020 she was awarded signature status at the California Watercolor Association.
Annually she has participated in the Amador County Art Studio Tours.
Jeannie designs a theme fair window at the Amador County Fair in Plymouth, CA each year for the Amador Stars, the local Cancer support organization.
For 2010, 11 and 14 wine release she designed unique and beautiful fine art wine labels for Young’s Vineyard in the Shenandoah Valley, California.
You are invited to a reception for Jeannie at Gallery 10, 15 Eureka St., Sutter Creek, on Saturday, April 2, 2-5 P.M. Her show will hang all of April. Gallery hours are Thursday-Monday, 11-5. 209-267-0203, Gallery10.org.
