About Me
I hope that my paintings convey that joy de vivre that settles in my being when I paint. I hope too, to pique your imagination to enter into my paintings, to take you to somewhere new, or back to familiar places, and to brighten your spaces.
Jackie Cimento has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of her life, and now resides in Incline Village, Nevada. Over the years, having primarily done quilting with bright fabrics, when she moved to painting with acrylics, the process quickly engaged her. She likes the more immediate results that come from painting with acrylics and she can also incorporate many bright colors into her paintings. Painting is now her primary passion.
She attends workshops and demos, and takes classes around North America, bringing her skills to new levels. She also enjoys painting in studio environments with others and being inspired by their work too. Having learned varying acrylic techniques from all the different artists she encounters, she combines those things she learns that resonate with her to develop her own unique style.
Jackie paints with colors that are brighter than they are in her source image or site, and brush strokes that are looser, softer around the edges and easier on the eye. She layers colors giving her paintings depth and dimension, and the look of an oil painting.
While painting, I try to enhance what I experience out in nature, travel, or in shared photos of others, rather than recreate what a camera lens captures. I leave out fine details and change parts of the composition of a photo to let the viewer complete the image in his/her own mind.
Now retired, traveling with her husband Art, is a passion too, especially when she can incorporate her painting into a trip. Jackie loves the differing architecture, lifestyles, cultures, and events she experiences. She tries to capture and share some of them in her paintings. Jackie varies her topics, from landscapes to pets to keep fresh by trying new genres.
Capturing that personality of an animal that comes through a photograph and its actions, is personally is very satisfying.
