ORIGINALS
Jean works mostly in soft pastels, but also paints in oils,and uses
fine black graphites and Prismacolor pencils for her drawings. She
prefers pastels because of their richness and saturation of color.
Pastels are the purest medium because they are basically pure ground
pigments rolled and compressed into sticks, with the barest minimum of
clay particle binder to hold them together. Paints, on the other hand,
have oils or other liquids that the pigments are suspended in, which
can make subtle differences in the tints and shades of colors. Jean
uses two types of papers for her pastels: sanded papers for a rich,
velvety appearance, or rag drawing papers for a smoother finish. Jean
does not spray a fixative on her pastels, preferring to leave them in
their pristine velvety state. She does not use "quick dryers" in her
oils, and top coats each one with a finish of Damar varnish for
protection. All of her works are framed to
exacting standards of acid-free conservation framing.
Please use the links below to browse the originals gallery, or
simply click a selection on the left menu to view an original of your
choice.
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