Jacqueline Volkell

Since I was a kid, I’ve been an oil painter.

I feel oil paint is a complex medium that requires multiple layers of paint and other mediums like stand oil to get the most out of its substance.

Inside I am fundamentally an optimist. Applying bold and bright paint colors expresses my inside inspiration.

For me, painting is like a catharsis.

I arrange my compositions to portray my thoughts when combining the figure and outside imagery. I've always had more chaos in my work from the well of energy inside.

My work is not symetrical while bordering on the abstract. In the 1990s my colleagues compared my work to Joan Mitchell's style. However, with the addition of the female figure, I developed more curvature and shapely movement. The work is loose and mostly open. My strokes are gestural and if I am painting my brushwork is considered impasto.

I continually experiment with techniques because painting is like a puzzle, and I need the challenge.

I painted at the Westchester Arts Workshop in White Plains. My focus was the landscape of the Bronx River Parkway. From 2003-2012, I studied Advanced Painting at the School of Visual Arts, Adult Education Department. Sva had weekly live models, mainly females. I painted in ...

1996 Master's of Education, Counseling, Fordham University; NY, NY
1984 Bachelor of Arts, State University of NY-Oneonta,
Oneonta, NY
2001-2012 Continuing Education Painting, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
1993 - 2000 Continuing Education Painting, Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, NY

1996 MSED, Fordham University, NY
1984 BA SUNY-Oneonta, Oneonta,NY

ART EDUCATION

School of Visual ARTS, Continuing Ed Painting; 2002-2013
WCC, Center for the Arts, Continuing Ed Painting: WP, NY 1993-2000

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022. Town of Ridgefield Ct, Artwalk
2014 Greenwich Arts Council, Arts on the Avenue: May 2014
2013 Greenwich Arts Council, Arts on the Avenue: May 2013
2012 Union Street Gallery: Chicago Heights , Ill
2011 A-Forest Gallery: NY, NY
2010 Gallery Con: Barcelona. Spain
2009 Ishida Taiseiya Gallery: Kyoto, Japan
2009 A-Forest Gallery: NY, NY
2008 ISE Cultural Foundation: NY,NY
2007 Artist Space, Night of 1,000 Drawings: NY, NY
2005 Linda Durnell Gallery: Los Gatos, CA
2004 Master’s Mystery Art Show, Art Basel Miami: Miami, Fla
2004 Finding Rembrandt, Anthem Gallery: SOho, NY
2004 M15: Tribeca, NY
2000 Open Studios, Westchester Arts Council: White Plains, NY
1998 Mount Pleasant Library: Pleasantville, NY
1997 Greenburgh Town Hall: Greenburgh, NY
1997 Field Library: Peekskill, NY

PUBLICATIONS


2009 Ephemera: March 2009
2005 Process, emerging artist journal
1997 North County News, Mount Kisco, NY


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Spring 2001 Consultant, Westchester Arts Council:...