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April 9, 2012 by Jeane George Weigel 18 Comments

“Even When I’m Not Painting, I’m Painting”

I haven’t been painting. For months and months. I feared I might never paint again, truth be told. But my good friend, Kim, saw me through this crisis by giving me the same advice I would naturally give to any of you: even when I’m not painting, I’m painting.

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July 29, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 17 Comments

The Art of Becoming

Online Art Classroom

Like the painter, Beatrice Mandelman, the famous Taos Modernist, coming to New Mexico dramatically changed my art. Prior to arriving here my career had been spent as a realist painter, primarily figurative and genre work. When I first visited Truchas, I was in something of a transition with my work. I was abstracting the backgrounds […]

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June 24, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 9 Comments

Weaving the Threads Together

My Backyard

The physical materials that make up these micaceous pieces include, of course, the wood and canvas of my substrate, the plasters I use to create texture. And then the grasses from this land on which I live… … and the precious mica, this “gift of the earth, gift of those who have the privilege of […]

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June 20, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 7 Comments

Next I Look to the Earth

All that Glitters

I walk on my land across the earth to the shady reaches of the land grant, banked by its wild arroyo, deep and mysterious, until recently unexplored by me. As I wander out there, alone but for my dogs, my eyes invariably fall from the expanse of sky, the sweep of mountains, to the rock […]

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June 13, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 4 Comments

I Begin With the Grasses

Truchas Field

It’s actually hard to say where these paintings begin because they come from such a deep part of me, from a connection with and respect for this land, from the life I’ve been exploring since coming here. I am different because of this place. Perhaps the paintings begin there—in that difference. But, at least on […]

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May 20, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 12 Comments

How To Sell Your Art

How To Sell Your Art Slider

As most of you know by now, in all things regarding art, I have some specific beliefs about most of its topics, and this holds true for the issue of selling our art. I realize I’m a bit old-fashioned surrounding this topic, so bear that in mind and know these are just my ideas, not […]

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May 6, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 10 Comments

Do You Need to Change?

Weigel House

It is never easy to change—even when we know it is in our best interests. Old ways are deeply learned behaviors that have become embedded in the very fiber of our beings. It is incredibly hard to let go of even just a small piece of closely held self-concept. I know you all know this. […]

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About High Road Artist IMG 9461 150x150I am Jeane George Weigel, a working artist living in the mountains of northern New Mexico, and I do not think you and I are so different.

Every single one of us longs to know what we ache for, to “follow our bliss” as Joseph Campbell famously put it. You may find yours as an artist, a writer, or a teacher. But I am convinced we all yearn to live what is in our hearts. Some of us spend a lifetime discovering what that is. Some never find it.

This blog is about a journey of self-discovery, yours and mine. I write about the experience of living an artist’s life and share musings and photos as this living experiment unfolds. It is my hope you’ll join in the conversation by writing to me about your lives and I dearly hope something, here, will inspire you.

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