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A Little Bit of Art and Soul

JesselMiller.Com Launch Party

6/30/2020

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Close up of Owl Wisdom, Jessel Miller
Dear Friends of the Jessel Gallery,
I have launched a new website: JesselMiller.Com

I feel that it was time to do a stand alone site to honor the new work I have been creating and my earlier work as well.

I invite you to take a moment and check out the site as I grow this concept and introduce it to the world. Your comments are welcome and will be shared with your permission.

Introductory Offer 10% off any of the new Figurative Pieces: Jessel Figurative Paintings
Email me for prices: Jessel Miller Email

All the images are available as Product at:
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White Vase, Jessel Miller
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Open the Door, Jessel Miller
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Heart Sunset, Jessel Miller
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Ancient Wisdom, Jessel Miller
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Eternal Flight, Jessel Miller
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Horse Healing

6/18/2020

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Horse Dignity, Jessel Miller
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Horse Whisperer, Jessel Miller
Join Up
"Join up is a method of bonding with a horse through body language and positioning. According to some, this is part of learning to 'speak horse'. Body position and eye contact are used to send the horse away from the handler, and eventually to invite the horse to approach."

This term touched me the first time I watched it happen on a TV series I recommend called "Heartland."

The intimate and loving connection between this family and their horses is a living example and microcosm of the world itself.

Microcosm means a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.

We are all living in these tiny circles that have gotten smaller with this universal concern.

This time in history is a lesson in Horse Wisdom.
Practicing the concept of Join Up seems like something humans need to incorporate in our lives today. Give each other space to move forward or away without judgement.

Jessel Process Page
Let's Join Up!
Poem by Jessel Miller

Right before me, stand and stare
Daylight shining eyes that share
Larger than life, earth bound dancers
Freedom calling land life prancers

"Join up" gestures reach the soul
From great tall mare to tiny foal
A gentle connection of the heart
Humanity learns to hit Restart.
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Horses Join Up, Jessel Miller
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Horse and Child, Jessel Miller


Jessel Miller Classes

I am now teaching an Acrylic Painting Class by Appointment.
(3 person maximum in the gallery)
 
Rooftop Evening Classes Available for (4 person Max) $75.00 per class

Please call 707-257-2350 and reserve a place. Experience the playful world of letting go to paint and paper.
Diane Pope Watercolor Classes
(Max. 8 people)
$160 for 4 Classes

Check out her upcoming classes and products now available

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Diane Pope Framed Print Starting at $88.00
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Paris of my Dreams

6/15/2020

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A Child in Paris, Jessel Miller
CHILD IN PARIS
I have never been to Paris.

As a child in Northern Ontario, Canada, I lived through 6 months of intense winter (50 below at times) in an imaginary world of my own creation in my huge walk-in closet.

I would decorate the room in colors and clothing and play with my dolls imagining places around the world. Paris filled me with glittering night life and walks around exciting museums.

I have never left that inner dream world and it is still my safe place to this day.

The state of the world today is traumatic and disturbing so I try to remain in my "creative closet" most of the day!

My Paris Series is filled with bright moving color. It started with one sweet face, and keeps developing.

I invite you to come walk the streets of Paris in your mind and join me for a latte in morning light.
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Jessel Method
Jessel Process Page
 
I am now teaching a (3 person maximum) Acrylic Painting Class by Appointment. $75.00 per person.

Please call 707-257-2350 and reserve a place. Experience the playful world of letting go to paint and paper.  Rooftop Private Evening Classes Available for 4 as well.

Diane Pope Watercolor Classes Max. 8 people
Check out her upcoming classes
 
Diane Pope Classes
 
PLEASE pass this page on to one or many friends. The ripple effect will flow back to the  Jessel Gallery and help support all the artists I represent.
 
Product Purchases are available at  Jessel Miller Product
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Paris State of Mind, Jessel Miller
PLEASE Share your creative writing with me. I am developing a new page on my site for Short Poems, Haikus or Short Prose. Tell me how you are feeling and what words of wisdom you would like to share with the world.

If you have artwork to go with the words send that along as well. We need uplifting words from the heart. I will pick a winner of the most moving works each month and send a gift of one of my new works on a Journal.

I look forward to hearing from YOU.
 
Share YOUR creative writing
 
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Woman in Paris, Jessel Miller
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Mercury, Jessel Miller
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The Current Direction of the Wind

6/12/2020

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Buffalo Moon, Eagle Nights, Jessel Miller
The past 6 months my spirit has been filled with promise and excitement each morning as I raced into the gallery to paint a new vision.

Right now, my tender, disquieted heart is overflowing with tears. This country was first inhabited with Indian Tribes devoted to saving the earth and honoring the seasons.

Our history is being tested as we reach out with banners and protest the injustice of lives lost. It has taken me to a place of grave concern and consternation.

Where do we go from here? How do we heal the wounds as far back as the original settlers on this land?

I am reaching out to YOU today and would love to hear your thoughts. I yearn for a peace-filled planet, yet right now, for the first time in months, my soul sits sadly mourning this moment in history.

The painting above came as a surprise. It started with a daytime landscape and ended with a buffalo moon,and stars in the shape of a buffalo, and a tent with an eagle lighting the way.

The process page reveals my journey to this painting's end.

Buffalo Moon & Eagle Nights
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This painting can be turned in 4 directions and was one of my earlier dedications to American Indians. Below is the same painting turned on it's side and a buffalo appears.
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Silhouette African

6/8/2020

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Silhouette African, Jessel Miller
Silhouette Process Paintings
The World is in turmoil, not only from an inner virus, also from the outer virus,
The universal cry is for Equality for all Humankind.

This painting came the week before the global outcry about racial inequality.

I was raised in a small town in Canada. My only knowledge of the African American culture came from the beautiful photos of my father, who spent World War 11 as a doctor in Africa tending to the sick. I loved the peace I saw on the villager's faces and the laughter in the children's eyes.

When I moved to the United States in 1965, I was shocked by the outright prejudice toward of the Black community.

My first gallery exhibition and series focused on the amazing spirits of the women of Africa.

My Soul is aching for the world to calm down and heal and yet, I understand the anger and sorrow felt by the injustice all around.

My Prayer today is to look to the future in our hearts and see the univere healed and happy and aligned with the grandeur and magnificent beauty we are blessed to experience.

We are the light and we really need to shine right now!


Mayor Jill Techel shares this reminder with us:

“We can only begin to heal as a community and as a nation by listening, by hearing, and by understanding. We must face adversity by facing it together and by finding strength and love in each other.”
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This Simple Beauty is titled "Love Lives Here" The words are gently hidden in the painting and the quiet repose of this soul calms me.
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Close Up of the painting reveals the blue silhouette of this young spirit protecting this life from harm.
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This is the start of the painting above and is also available in Giclée prints and products.
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Ruby, Jessel Miller
This was a piece I did in 1973 in honor of the villagers my Father cared for. I feel she protects and guides me every day.
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Infinity Series

6/5/2020

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Infinity 2, Jessel Miller
INTRODUCING
INFINITY SERIES by JESSEL MILLER

This is a very simple series of acrylic paintings on paper & canvas.
MEDITATION IN COLOR, FORM & LINE 

COME FLOAT WITH ME
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A New Day, Jessel Miller
I am now making products from images of my new work. Check it out!
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Introducing Infinity Series

6/5/2020

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PictureBright, Bold, Beautiful, Jessel Miller
INFINITY SERIES by JESSEL MILLER

This is a very simple series of acrylic paintings on paper & canvas.
 
MEDITATION IN COLOR, FORM & LINE 

COME FLOAT WITH ME

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Movement, Jessel Miller
I am now making products from images of my new work. Check it out!
                     NEW JESSEL PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY FINE ART AMERICA

Shower Curtain, T-shirt, Mug many other products available
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Shawl Dancer Innocence

6/1/2020

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Shawl Dancer Innocence, Jessel Miller
Ladies Fancy Shawl is the newest form of Native American Women's Dance) The colors and exciting movement reflect the Shawl Dance
I feel that in memory of the American Indian Culture my heart needed to honor the souls of the Native Americans who lived in the Napa Valley.

The symbol on the child's headdress represents the Thunderbird. Thunderbird signifies unlimited happiness. May it bring the same to you.

This piece reminds me of the first painting I did when I landed at this location 35 years ago. I had painted faces for 15 years and needed a break. On a giant piece of watercolor paper, I splashed color across the 40"x 60" image and called it "Indian Dreams."

From the moment I moved into this building, I have felt the spirits of the Wappo Indians. The Gallery was across the street from what was once Vichy Springs and seems a likely place for the original settlers in this area.

A Little Napa Valley History
Wappo villages were led by a chief, male or female, who was chosen for life. The villages were usually located along creeks, and were composed of oval grass-thatched houses. They were generally very peaceful, except for occasional warfare with the Pomo and struggles against Spanish incursions in the Napa Valley.

The name Napa was probably derived from the name given to a southern Nappan (meaning "Fairy Valley") Indian Village whose people shared the area with elk, deer, grizzlies and panthers for many centuries.

I believe the earth is holy and precious around me and just like this child, it holds the secrets of generations past, present and future. I honor the earth with this painting.
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