I have put some drawings up here which are taken from sketchpads and journals in case anyone finds this interesting. So, this is a place where I sometimes express or formulate these little idea sparks or inspirations when I'm feeling it. I always find these kinds of things interesting in artists that I follow so here you go.
Quintus Monier
I had been spending the day at my mom’s house during the summer of 2020 just working on some paintings. I was exploring a local piece of architecture as my subject matter, a building known as Saint Augustine’s Cathedral. One reason I was exploring this was because it felt important to me, almost iconic as a Tucson landmark. I had been making an effort to incorporate more local influence into my work. This buildings influence continued turning out almost automatically in various drawings and paintings I had been working on at the time. I had even used this in the background of "The Hierophant" card in what was a somewhat Sonoran influenced Tarot deck I was working on. I had also later read that there had been some strange hauntings, reports of apparitions and a faceless nun seen levitating in the courtyard here which had caught my curiosity.
So, that particular day I was trying to do a better painting of the building and my mom took a peek at what i was working on. She said, "Oh you know your great great grandfather built that building". I did not believe her, not because she would lie to me, but it was just too weird of a statement. So, I looked it up and there it was, Quintus Monier, my grandmother’s grandfather was indeed commissioned to move from France to America to work on a series of what has become some fairly iconic architectures. Also, I had found that in order to build this, as there was no brick company to use resources to build with, he established Tucson’s first brick company. As a Tucsonan i find this quite fascinating to learn about and have included one of the few bits of information on this which I could find in the link below.
Artemesia Galerie Representation.
Dear Viewer, I have given the website a fairly decent updating with some new paintings I have been producing as well as doing some cleaning up for the sake of easier navigation and will be keeping up with it. So the first order of business is to share news that I have been showing at Artemesia Galerie since April 23rd/2021. I have been excited to be featured along with an incredible group of highly talented and fascinating artists under some very beautiful themes. The space is located @ 836 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, Co, 80204, (720)421-4020. Visit the space in person if you can to see the excellent art featured or view and purchase art online if you are unable to @ https://www.artemesiagalerie.com/jesse-peper