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Featured Artist - J. Lynn Kelly, Camp Bowie Groove
This year marks the second time Camp Bowie Historic Society has chosen me to be featured artist for Jazz by the Boulevard Festival. This painting is my version of a little jazz combo band playing outside on the bricks of Camp Bowie Blvd. In the background you'll notice some the landmarks of our cultural district, including the Miro sculpture in front of the Kimbell and the Serra in front of the Modern. I'm honored to have the opportunity to contribute to my home in any way, and participating in the Jazz by the Blvd event is always a blast. The music is second to none and the crowd is always jam packed with beautiful, friendly, jazz knowledgeable and art savvy Fort Worth people.
Jazz has always been a living embodiment of the rule breakers. My art has tinges of expressionism, abstraction and a synthetic sort of cubism. Though I often have a recognizable object in my paintings, I believe the most important element is the immediate aesthetic feelings generated by the color, composition and line, regardless of the subject involved.
I prefer to paint in oil as its long drying time enables the subtle adjustment of color needed to get where I want to be. My approach to the creative process usually begins with a feeling, and without preliminary sketches, going straight to linear composition on the canvas, proceeding directly to the application of color, wet on wet, to the forms created in line.
I've been painting all my life, but have only been a full-time working artist for about six years. Jazz by the Boulevard played a significant role in my current life choice. In 2005, the first time was I chosen as featured artist, I was working full-time in the printing business—my career for 30 years. The positive experience, sales as well as crowd response, convinced me that I might be able to fulfill my lifetime dream of working as an artist. Jazz by the Boulevard will always have a special place in my heart for having been a catalyst that moved me in this new direction.
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Jennifer Harrison - Masks by Jen
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Regina & Thomas Jackson - Sultry Touch Collection
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Brad Foster - Jabberwocky Graphix
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Paula Hill - Pastels by Paula
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Brenda Benson - Brenda Benson Studio
Connie Carlisle - Cliff House Studio & Gallery
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Raymond Rains - Cliff House Studio & Gallery
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Larry Pile - Kessler Craftsman
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Jewelry
Penny Brackiz - Beadz N Banglez
Cheryl Campbell - Mantras in Metal
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Linda Chryster - Jewelers on the Boulevard
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Kathryn Boulet Hoffman - The Art of Adornment
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Kelli Cayenne Holmes - Frilly Pepper
Jackie Marksch - Jackie's Jewelry
Jennifer Naylor - BagzNBeadz
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Robb Pocklington - Doc Pock's Harmonious Rocks
Sue Rogers - SROriginals
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LaNelle Tadlock
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Rebecca Guy - Onyzx Art Studio
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Galyna Sergeyeva - Mykolyna
Tommy G. Thompson - Thompson Fine Art
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Oil
Gregory Arth
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Dawn Waters Baker - Dawn Waters Baker: Skyscapes in Oil
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Ernie Benton - Strictly Earnest
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Robert L. Berry - JazzXpressionStudio
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Brian Gladue - Brian Gladue Artworks
Dolores Hibbard
J. Lynn Kelly (Featured Artist)
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Christi McDonald - Cmac-Creations
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Drew Mounce - Young Mounce Studios
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Steve Moya - Moya Art
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Natasha Mylius - Natasha Mylius Fine Art
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Cindy Norris
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Frank Sowells, Jr. - Art View Creations
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Raymond Williams
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Michele Humphrey - Studio M
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Kris Kistner - Kistner Photography
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Vince McCall - Artistic Solutions Ink
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Pottery
Cindy Fugua - Cindy the Potter
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Roy B. Odom - Soul Flame Pottery
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David Sieja - Yaki Tam Pottery
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Pam Summers
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Sculpture
Art & Ginny Belvins - Benvins Studio
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Pete McCaskill
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Watercolor
Steve Moya - Moya Art
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David Tripp - Recollections 54
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Betty Wagnon - Girlfish Originals
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Gary Anderson - Anderson Woodworks
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Fred Gardner - BaGar Productions/Cutz
Sara Hiett - New Beginnings
Alan Siebenthall - Out of Wood
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