How Do I Even Begin Assembling a Website—Let Alone Start Writing a Blog?

For me, it’s like taking the entire contents of my house—kitchen cupboards, my closet filled with gems and shoes, the shed full of gardening tools and bikes, my garden, the garage packed with sports equipment, my art supplies, and all the memories and emotions that linger—and organizing it all into categorized and labeled groups.

How do you label memories and emotions?
Because THAT IS MY ART.

Fortunately, this Vancouver-based web platform made it easier for me—and I had a little help from my friends.

So, It Begins...

Welcome to GENNY’S JAM ART BLOG, my brand for everything.

GENNY’S JAM was the name I gave to a couple of cannabis plants which I grew out of curiosity for my sons, before weed became legal. I felt like such a rebel! I dutifully rolled the plants around the backyard in an old RED RACER wagon so they could soak up as much sun as possible.

Attentive to outcome—THAT’S MY ART.

Music and Memory in My Work

When I reflect on each piece in my gallery, I feel the deep emotion of the moment that inspired it. Often, that inspiration comes from music:

• EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN - inspired by listening to PINK FLOYD’S ECLIPSE at the start of the pandemic

• ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - drawn from THE BEATLES’ track of the same name

• YOUR OWN PERSONAL JESUS - based on DEPECHE MODE’S song (though I do love JOHNNY CASH’S version)

• ​LILYPADS, RAINDROPS, SOFT WINDS AND ROSES - a tribute to and inspired by no other than GORDON LIGHTFOOT'S PUSSYWILLOWS, CAT-TAILS

Pieces such as IT’S ALL ABOUT CHARLEY, DOUG NEVER LEFT ROSE’S SIDE, and my IN THE PINK series are more personal—and make my BATTERED HEART SWELL.

My Artistic Style

I lean on BOLD COLOURS, a reflection of my strength and courage, and I choose titles carefully—sometimes they come to me quite profoundly.

I am forever CURIOUS in my work and never hesitate to try new things.

Let’s Connect

Your thoughts, input, suggestions, and comments are welcomed and encouraged. I hope to make this blog an inspiration to fellow artists—because sometimes, we all need a little help from our friends.

Finding clear headspace in which to create is not always available to us.

Thank You

To all the ESTEEMED VISITORS to my website: THANK YOU for checking it out.

May you find INSPIRATION here—or perhaps a moment of REFLECTION stirred by EMOTION. I encourage you to be CURIOUS and PRESENT whenever possible, because that is when we take the time to stop and smell the roses.