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Biography
Jessica St. John Marshall creates contemporary western landscapes in impressionistic, saturated color.
Jessica earned a BA in Communications from the University of Colorado, Boulder while maintaining a membership in the Glass Art Society and attending post-graduate workshops at The Corning Museum of Glass.
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The convergence of these two study paths laid a natural foundation for Jessica's determination to communicate light, reflection, transparency and how each interplay with color. Utilizing the abundance of subject matter in the natural scenery surrounding Rocky Mountain National Park and the Colorado Front Range, Jessica's current studio practice focuses on this magical strip that rides the backbone of Colorado. Working in layers of acrylic paint and occasional inks, waxes and chalk, each piece lends a different viewing from across a distance, to the inspected finely layered detail below that seeps warmth, like the glow of a kiln up from the canvas to the surface.
Jessica and her family have made Old Town West Longmont home since 2000. Keenly attuned to the fortune of living as a part of this landscape, Jessica has had the pleasure of watching Longmont grow into a thriving creative community and balances capturing the natural beauty with the direct conflict that growth presents to it.
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"Living along the Colorado Front Range for nearly three decades has made a profound impact on my ability to hold and maintain wonder, curiosity, and appreciation for our natural surroundings. Every morning is a possibility for a perfectly pink alpen glow sunrise, every fire a deeply painful mourning for what became ash. There is an opportunity to pause with amazement literally around every bend. If you aren't in awe of the intricate interplays of color and shape, sun and rain that are the essence of Colorado then come sit next to me for a while and let's talk about rocks.
I began painting again in earnest in 2021 as a way of healing from the loss of a fire, and so much more. Painting shows me how to appreciate, and what to let go of. It can be a peaceful meditation or an invigorating, energetic frenzy of fun. My goal is to hold a moment, a color, a feeling, a place, suspended for a moment so that you and I can share a conversation about how awesome it is that we get to be amongst these wonders. "
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2024 Recognition, Exhibits, and Shows:
- East Boulder County Artists, Spring Studio Tour and Sale.
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- National Centers for Atmospheric Research, Mesa Laboratory - "Stove Prairie Road", Exploring Climate Change through Art.
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- Thompson Valley Art League, 2024 Fine Art Show
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- Longmont Artist Guild Spring Show
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- City of Loveland, Arts in Public Places awarded "The Sky is Crying" with a year long placement at the Loveland Public Library.
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- SquareFoot Show, Landscapes
- SquareFoot Show, Flower Power
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2023 Recognition, Exhibits, and Shows:
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Boulder Arts Association juried Fall Member Show
-Invited, Awarded 4th place, "Green Spring"
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R+ Gallery & BAA 8x8 Flatirons showcase
- "Flatirons in the Buff"
Cape Fear Studios 6by, 2023
- Invited, "HWY 14"
Exhibit runs 8/25 - 9/19, Cape Fear, NC
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Louisville Art Association, National Fine Art Show 2023 - Juried
-Invited, "Stove Prairie Road"
Exhibit runs 9/1 - 9/10, Louisville CO
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Wescover Marketplace Artist - Accepted July 2023
The Keller Prize
Submission Gallery
https://www.thekellerprize.com/items/marshall%2C-jessica
ShoutOut Colorado
Published May 9
https://shoutoutcolorado.com/meet-jessica-marshall-artist/
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Colorful Colorado
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June 7-July 19 2023 R+GalleryDowntown Boulder, Colorado
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Summer Art Show
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June 9, 10, 11 Joint Art Show and Sale - Longmont Artists Guild and Boulder Arts AssociationBoulder County Fairgrounds
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Danish Furniture
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Longmont Colorado. Works on Display and for Sale
Children's Hospital Colorado, Anschutz campus
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JOYFUL exhibit invitation through May 1.
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March 1-31 2023
Downtown Boulder, Colorado
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Juried selection of 50 images representing JOY. Printed on 3'x5' flags and displayed along Broadway Street. "Garden" will be displayed on the West Facing Front of Salt of The Earth at 4520 Broadway St.
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March 10 - May 6
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Longmont Artist Guild Spring Show and Sale
The Great Frame Up
430 Main Street Longmont Colorado - "Therapy" & "Jaunty"
February 1 - May 1 2023
Longmont United Hospital Gallery
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