Jayne Ollin
Christchurch. Ash Wednesday. Mixed media.
Unvanquished. Mixed Media on Wood Panel. 4.2022
Quarternary. November 2021
Dios todo lomira
God Sees Everything
A few words about this series...
...before the pandemic, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, before one mass shooting after another...there was a two page article in the NY Times featuring the victims of gang violence, brutality, oppression, at the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. Mothers with young children that could not venture from their homes for fear of abduction. The article featured a photograph of a little boy in a room, barely inhabitable, with the words Dios todo lomira on the wall behind him. He was stretched out on a sofa, fabric torn and tattered, reading a book.
I am not sure I believe in god (sorry mom and dad), but I do pray and I do believe that there are times when hope is all we have, otherwise we could go mad. And there is enough madness in the world. There's more, and I've given this a lot of thought. Whenever that image floats to mind, the quiet faith of that little boy, it sinks into my heart, takes root again, and blossoms into deep empathy, and I believe it is what keeps me human. Every piece in this series was inspired by a drop of hope, moving through one crisis or another, personal or political. Perhaps it goes without saying, this image is not only a life line to my humanity, it also keeps me from falling into denial. I, we, my family, live in paradise relatively speaking, to an exponentially growing world-over population of climate refugees, asylum seekers, victims of war...
thank you for reading this.
...before the pandemic, before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, before one mass shooting after another...there was a two page article in the NY Times featuring the victims of gang violence, brutality, oppression, at the hands of drug cartels in Mexico. Mothers with young children that could not venture from their homes for fear of abduction. The article featured a photograph of a little boy in a room, barely inhabitable, with the words Dios todo lomira on the wall behind him. He was stretched out on a sofa, fabric torn and tattered, reading a book.
I am not sure I believe in god (sorry mom and dad), but I do pray and I do believe that there are times when hope is all we have, otherwise we could go mad. And there is enough madness in the world. There's more, and I've given this a lot of thought. Whenever that image floats to mind, the quiet faith of that little boy, it sinks into my heart, takes root again, and blossoms into deep empathy, and I believe it is what keeps me human. Every piece in this series was inspired by a drop of hope, moving through one crisis or another, personal or political. Perhaps it goes without saying, this image is not only a life line to my humanity, it also keeps me from falling into denial. I, we, my family, live in paradise relatively speaking, to an exponentially growing world-over population of climate refugees, asylum seekers, victims of war...
thank you for reading this.
List of Work:
1. Prima materia. Milk Paint on Wood Panel.
2. Port of Entry. Milk Paint on Wood Panel.
3. Detention. Milk Paint, Pastel, Watercolor, Chalk Paint on Wood Panel. sold
4. Untitled. Milk Paint, Pastel, Chalk Paint on Wood Panel.
5. Rose Cross. Watercolor, Milk Paint, Pastel, Chalk Paint, on Wood Panel.
6. Metamorphosis. Milk Paint, Chalk Paint, Pastel, India Ink on Wood Panel. sold
7. Pandemic Morning. Watercolor.
8. A conversation with loss. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, pastel. sold
9. Unmasked. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, ink, pastel.
10. Climate 2021. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, india ink, pastel.
11. Dixie Fire. Watercolor, milk paint, ink.
12. Aleppo. Watercolor, Gouache India Ink.
1. Prima materia. Milk Paint on Wood Panel.
2. Port of Entry. Milk Paint on Wood Panel.
3. Detention. Milk Paint, Pastel, Watercolor, Chalk Paint on Wood Panel. sold
4. Untitled. Milk Paint, Pastel, Chalk Paint on Wood Panel.
5. Rose Cross. Watercolor, Milk Paint, Pastel, Chalk Paint, on Wood Panel.
6. Metamorphosis. Milk Paint, Chalk Paint, Pastel, India Ink on Wood Panel. sold
7. Pandemic Morning. Watercolor.
8. A conversation with loss. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, pastel. sold
9. Unmasked. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, ink, pastel.
10. Climate 2021. Watercolor, milk paint, chalk paint, india ink, pastel.
11. Dixie Fire. Watercolor, milk paint, ink.
12. Aleppo. Watercolor, Gouache India Ink.