Balance is not so simple as not falling over. What is balance? Can we find it? Can we create it? In these paintings Jessica thinks about balance in relation to the sometimes unexpected play between lines and colour— where they meet, where they part, where they intersect and even what they weigh. Click on the image for details.
The cat slipped
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
For Claren, firetrucks and lipstick
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
Close as I can get to kissing Miró
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Photo: Paul David Esposti
We weren’t wild but we were happy
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5” (11.5cm x 16.5cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
The bottom fell out of Monday night
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
On the other side of my eye there is a lake
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
Three arrows will miss their target
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
I will portage around the lake of forgetting
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
I’m afraid of the person on stilts
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
We took the hen apart and that was that
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
It’s ok to be left out
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
The rain doesn’t want to remember, Shannon
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
I’ll be there the day after tomorrow
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7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
This is the year the foxes learn to ski
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
I touch your back
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5” (19.5cmx 24.13cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
Not everything can be measured
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5” (19.5cmx 24.13cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
From now on, I’m measuring everything with spoons
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4.5” x 6.5” (11.5cm x 16.5cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
295$
My lies are wishes
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5” (11.5cm x 16.5cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
I read the bottom of the mixing bowl
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
Licorice all sorts
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
East facing windows demand open blinds
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Painting for a very fast cat no. 1
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Beige houses are full of longing
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
My first just-dessert date
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Summer can’t disappear
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
The edge of you in the night
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
The light you left behind
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5” (11.5cm x 16.5cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Memory of strawberries
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5” (11.5cm x 16.5cm)
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Falling in love at the aquatorium
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Bouquet for a beige house
Acrylic on acetate
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$295
Shannon’s red heels on dance night
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
There’s usually a way in from the cold
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
Yes yes yes
Acrylic on acetate
7.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$365
