Media: Acrylic, Serigraphs
Email: jbhstudio @charter.net
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Studio Number: Associate Member

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About The Artist:

Jenny Bishop Heaton thrives on art experimentation. Creating original serigraphs (unique silkscreen prints) delights her, as she imaginatively manipulates her designs to create a variety of images. Other favorite media are collage, graphite drawing and acrylic painting. A love of texture, color and line, an appreciation of nature and the joy of people-watching are reflected in her art. Jenny majored in graphic and fine arts at Auburn University with a thesis in fashion illustration. Later she completed classes in education at Georgia State University.

Among artists she has done further art studies with in Atlanta are Joseph Perrin, Amelia James, Iris Lee, Clara Mont-Claire and Ouida Canady.

First Place, Atlanta Artist Club DOGWOOD SHOW, Best in Category /Graphics, Cobb Arts Alliance MABEL HOUSE SHOW and Award of Excellence, Dalton Creative Arts Guild FESTIVAL, are among her numerous awards. Other art achievements include one person shows and teacher of art for adults and children. She is currently an artist-in-residence with Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford, Georgia.

Volumes of …ON MY MIND, ANTHOLOGIES published by Georgia Writers Association, feature Jenny’s art and poetry.

HOW I CREATE SERIGRAPHS
(also known as silkscreen prints)

Serigraphy is an exciting process with unlimited possibilities for creating one-of-a-kind, fine art prints. These prints may be developed into mixed media works of art.

Here are some processes I use to create unique serigraphs.

First I tightly stretch and fasten a fine mesh screen to a wooden frame.

On to the surface of the screen I create a design by blocking out areas and leaving other areas open. At this point my imagination is already at play.

I place paper below the surface of the screen and using a squeegee I pull acrylic, silkscreen printing ink(s) across the screen forcing the ink through the screen and onto the paper. The ink only goes through the open parts of the design. I may use blended colors or vary the amount of pressure upon the squeegee and enjoy the surprise of seeing each newly pulled print.

By creating many designs and printing them layer up layer – sometimes selectively and sometimes randomly, it is possible to create innumerable one-of-a-kind prints. This process is serendipitous. The prints are called unique serigraphs.

Even though I occasionally consider one of these prints to be complete at some point during this building up (or layering) process, I usually do not consider the print finished until I draw and/or collage more details into these serigraphs. My favorite drawing instruments for this are colored pencils and metallic pens.

Occasionally I splash, brush or blot my papers with inks or paints prior to printing on them, thus each printing surface is a work of art in itself. By printing the same screen design on these hand-painted papers each work of art is unique. Here again, with this procedure I like to add additional details by drawing, collaging, or otherwise enhancing the artwork.

My prints receive hours of intense focus and love to become artworks that reflect my joy in creating them and that I am happy to share with others.