About

Curiosity, mystery, wonder, and beauty. These are the elements that compel me to paint. All around me, I see breathtaking images, making it difficult to select a subject. The more I paint, the stronger the desire grows to capture this intense beauty I see every day. I have in me a sense of responsibility to show this beauty I see to the world. The mystery, richness and loveliness of God’s creation takes my breath away every day—and it’s this beauty I strive to capture when I paint.

I work primarily in oils, often using transparent layers and including a figure in most works. I feel this is important to give the viewer a reference point, and add humanity to a landscape. Oil is my medium of choice because of its inherent richness it lends to works, and also because of its timeless quality. I am heavily influenced by masters such as John Singer Sargent, Maxfield Parrish, NCWyeth, and John Waterhouse. I start each painting by toning the canvas, then sketching out the composition with a small brush. From there, I lay in the larger areas and begin to let the painting develop. I never know quite where the painting will go, but the process of creation is the joy of painting—part of the adventure. I look at each piece as a storybook page out of my life, revealing some of the beauty, richness and depth I have experienced.

I have had the privilege of studying portraiture at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. In the future, I would like to go on for further study in painting, and continue my career as a gallery artist. I am a perpetual student of life, and look forward with curiosity and wonder to the future.

I would like to thank you personally for visiting my site today. I hope you come away enriched and blessed by what you see.

 

 

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

•”Gallery Eight”, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2010.  Exhibited piece: Memory, oil on board, 2010.

•”Thirty First Annual Juried South Carolina Artists Competition: Pickens County Museum of Art and History,” Exhibited piece: Paper Lanterns, oil on canvas, 2009.

•”Anderson Arts Center’s 35^th Annual Juried Show,” April 9, 2010.  Exhibited piece: Lunch Break, monotype, 2008.

•”In & Out Salon Exhibition: in conjunction with the Anderson Arts Center’s 35^th Annual Juried Show,” April 9, 2010.  Exhibited piece: Mime, oil on canvas, 2010.

•”South Carolina Artists 2010 2D Fine Arts Exhibition,” March 23-May 8, 2010.  Featured piece: Portrait of Julia, oil on canvas, 2009.

•”Art for Hearts,” Valentine Benefit Exhibition, February 11, 2010.  Presented concept and gained sponsorship through Greenville Magazine and Zen Events.  Twenty percent of art sales profit Greenville Hospital System Pediatric Cardiology.  Solo painter at the exhibition; collaborated with jewelers Lily Stratton and Christina Sawicki.

•Exhibition at Art and Light Gallery “Travels and Far-Away Places”, May 1-31, 2009; joint exhibition with Adam Robitaille.

•Exhibition at Aabstract’s Gallery, March 7-April 7, 2009; joint exhibition with Cassia Leidigh.

•Selected for private exhibition at the Green Valley Country Club Mini-Show, Oct. 27th to Dec. 8, 2008.

•Selected by Upstate Visual Arts for participation in a small booth exhibition at Art In The Park, September 2008.

•Senior exhibition at Bob Jones University,  September 28 to October 10, 2008.

•Solo exhibition at Art & Light Gallery: “Dreams of Radiance: Into the Light,” August 1-2, 2008.

Gallery Representation

•Gallery at Grove, 1312 Augusta Street, Greenville, SC 29605.

(www.galleryatgrove.com)

•Gallery Eight, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 128 North Broad Street,   Philadelphia, PA 19102.

•Eden Boheme, 194 King Street, Charleston, SC  (www.edenboheme.com)

Awards and Publications

•Skirt! Magazine Artist Profile, December 2009, under “Muses”.  Online version at http://greenville.skirt.com/shes_so_skirt/jessica-libor-artist

•Radio interview on 106.3, “The Upstate Show,” October 10, 2009.  Ten minute interview as a featured artist, with topics covered including medium used, inspiration for work, background, and philosophy of art.

• “Painting the Beauty of Life,” 9/16/08 issue of Link, a division of the Greenville News. (http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/UPSTATELINK/809150303/1005/ARCHIVE)

•”Tucker,” oil on canvas, was selected for the Permanent Collection of Bob Jones University, September 2008.

•”Anew”, oil on canvas, was selected to be exhibited as part of the Commencement Competition Exhibition at Bob Jones University, Spring 2008.

•Illustrations published by Bob Jones Press for Math 3 and Math 4 textbooks, 2007.

•Designed and illustrated greeting card line – Skippack, PA (2006-2007).

•“Woodland,” soft ground etching, was selected for exhibition in 2007 Anderson Art Show, in Anderson, SC, 2007

Community Involvement

•Selected by Upstate Visual Arts for participation in a small booth exhibition at Art In The Park, September 2008.

•Volunteered to teach a two week art class at a summer camp for underprivileged children in Oahu, Hawaii, July 2007