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I was born & raised on Long Island, New York. In 2000, I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Boston University. I now live in Auburn, Maine with my husband, Brian, our doodles Sammy & Nelly, and my twin sister, Joy. I love to talk about materials & process so feelContinue reading “About Me”

When we moved into our house, one of the items left behind by the 3-generation family that lived here before us was an old Briggs piano. It was left in the back of the garage and has acquired quite a few years of dust & leaves as well as being the home to at leastContinue reading “Artists I Admire: Louise Philbrick”

in progress another in progress Working in the studio again and the weather has been so nice that I’m able to open the windows and bust out the oil paint! This is making me immensely happy! I haven’t used my oil paint for quite some time and have really been feeling the need to use themContinue reading “Back to what I know with some new toys”

Barn Raising, Acrylic on Instant Film  Here’s a round-up of the final paintings that I created for the CSA exhibition— enjoy!  View larger images and details on my website: jamieribisi.com The Next Generation, Acrylic & Ink on Instant Film First Frost, Casein & Wax Pastel, 18″ x 18″ Wilted, Casein, Wax Pastel, & Graphite, 24″Continue reading “Round up – Final CSA work”

When I updated my website to include all of the paintings that I’ve made for the CSA exhibits, I was surprised at how different the body of work was from what I was painting just prior to the project.  And I was also surprised at how much work I had made!  Here’s a screenshot ofContinue reading “CSA- looking back”

I don’t know where I’d be without the help of my husband— in general and in framing support, too!  He’s cut mats and framed all of the work for the CSA show and I am so happy that he loves doing the technical work because it’s just too fussy for me.  Give him things toContinue reading “More CSA work in progress”

Our cabbage paintings side-by-side I love how in-sync we were this month! Working on new paintings at our own homes without talking about them at all, we wound up using the same subject matter!  Kim and I had looked at the cabbage growing on the farm in October but hadn’t painted them until this week. Kim andContinue reading “Final CSA Shows and New Work”

Cover Crop, Woven Photo Transfers on Cloth with Embroidery, 23″ x 11″ As I wrote about in my first post about the CSA project, Kim and I have been looking for a way to make a woven item that included our photographs.  We experimented with some ideas and even made a complete weaving only toContinue reading “Cover Crop”

This past Friday, Kim and I headed over to the farm to work and happened upon the first official Pasture Pie night!  The pizza oven was fired up and CSA customers were invited over to share in the fun.  They went into the garden and picked their own fresh basil to add to the farmContinue reading “Pasture Pie Party”

I went back to the farm on the 4th to see the progress of the clay pizza oven…it’s coming right along!! Fully modeled and the opening has been carved out with some wooden supports to keep the shape while it completely dries.  It looks as though they’ve lit a few small fires in it toContinue reading “Domes and angles”