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Jacqueline Welch
Biography
Over the last two decades Jacqueline Welch has maintained an active personal practice of art making and exhibition. In 2005 she received an MFA in Visual Art from the Union Institute & University, Vermont. SUNY College at Buffalo awarded Ms. Welch a BFA in painting and an Arts & Humanities Grant in 1987 for a series of drawings based on the Equine in Mythology. Select recent exhibitions include: the 2008 Art Biologia Exhibition at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY, the Albright-Knox 2007 Beyond/In Western New York Show at the Carnegie Art Center in Tonawanda, NY and the 2006 Exquisite Horizons Exhibition at Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo.
In June of 2008 Ms. Welch was selected as one of 66 participants in the first NYFA MARK Program of professional practice in the Visual Arts. In October of 2008 she received the first place Gold Medal Award for works in the Buffalo Society of Artists Catalogue Exhibition juried by John Vanco, director of the Erie Art Museum. Additional works by Ms. Welch can be found in the Irving Sandler artist registry at www.artistsspace.org
Arist Statement
My current painting practice is narrative in nature. For several years I've been drawn to the beauty and intricacy of landscape. My interest in such detail led me to use featherboard as a support. Its textured surface makes an excellent base for oil glazes and scumbling techniques. Its lightweight quality is ideal for my largest (48" x 86") works.
I never outgrew my love of animals. I am increasingly intrigued by animal minds, behaviors and emotions as well as by the animal/human bond. Through my work I advocate for the inherent value of shelter dogs and their right to be life-long companions.
In my current series of paintings dogs take center stage as protagonist-saints. These dogs oversee the revelation of commonplace human flaws and idiosyncrasies. They usually share their unsettling environment with a secondary object or character. Such supporting elements are often derived from Christian or Celtic images, and are symbolic of my Irish-Catholic heritage.
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