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P.Jay
Painter
(Abstract) - Pawtucket, RI
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P.Jay
Pawtucket, RI
Phone:
(401) 224-5217
Email:
pam@artbypjay.com
Born
in 1969 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, P. Jay
was raised in a single parent home in Pembroke,
Massachusetts. The strongest influence throughout
her childhood was her mother’s creative
personality. She often assisted her mother
during her ceramics and porcelain classes.
This was the beginning of her love for the
creative process. Although her mother worked
in the traditional trade of ceramics, she
did not limit her daughter’s exploration
of creative endeavors. This allowed P. Jay
the latitude to discover her personal style
and what genre she favored – brightly
colored abstracts. She knew how to create
abstract art long before she knew what genre
it was considered.
After graduating high school, P. Jay attended
Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts;
the year that it merged with Southeastern
Massachusetts University (now University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth). She was well on
her way to becoming an emerging artist when
several of life’s adventures interfered
with her plans (marriage, baby, recession).
She left college.
A few years later she returned to college
and eventually graduated from UMass Dartmouth
in 1997 with a B.S. in B.I.S. On the face,
it would seem her path since, has been leading
her in the opposite direction of her waiting
career as “artist”. Again life’s
challenges, interfering with her well-intentioned
efforts at becoming an artist.
In fact, although this second set of challenges
(divorce, remarriage, and several job and
home changes) burned up time and energy, the
rewards have been rich, spiritually. The events
have served up some good learnin’ and
have been a steady guide for more spiritually
oriented thinking as well as a more spiritually
centered life. And that spirituality is steadily
weaving its pattern through her artwork, which
can be noticed in her current body of work,
particularly the mandalas. |
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