Jeanne Ivy

I have been a full-time creative for more than 25 years. While my creativity was primary expressed in my career as writer, creative director and creativity consultant, the pandemic reignited my visual art practice. I began attending virtual classes and workshops to find new ideas and techniques to experiment with, as well as more closely studying art that consistently captures my curiosity—works by Mark Rothko, Lee Krasner, and more recently, Mary Weatherford. After a period of study, I was inspired by a couple of coaches (and the fearlessness of the Gen Z young adults in my life), to seek opportunities for sharing my recent work with wider audiences. And it’s such a delight that my work is already in a handful of private collections within the United States.

The subject and style of my work has been sparked by the musings typical of midlife, when many of us begin questioning or shedding ideas we once took for granted—ideas about what life can be, who we are, and our place in the world. In fact, I have spent most of my 40s wrestling with the commonly held beliefs that struggle and hardship are prerequisites for innovation and creative breakthroughs; that great success cannot happen without back-breaking sacrifices.

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2022 Shirley Huffman Gallery, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
2022 Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA