Water and Thread
Jessica rips and repairs her own paintings. She lets each line choose its own path, taking the painting in one direction or another, bounded by the edges of her sewing machine. She also stitches without thread, letting light through the punctures of the needle. For Jessica, these works are about reparation, light, and accident. Click on the image for details.
Beaver Hall Gallery, 2019. SPECTRUM exhibition, presented by Genzah Handmade Watercolours. Photo: Paul David Esposti.
Beaver Hall Gallery, 2019. SPECTRUM exhibition, presented by Genzah Handmade Watercolours. Photo: Paul David Esposti.
Beaver Hall Gallery, 2019. SPECTRUM exhibition, presented by Genzah Handmade Watercolours. Photo: Paul David Esposti.
Love leaks into me
Watercolour, thread & pencil on watercolour paper
9x12”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
White moon
Watercolour, thread & pencil on paper
8” x 12.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
For Natasha, you walked on tiptoes
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
22” x 30”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$725
Johnny Cash broke a string in the river
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
10.5” x 13.5“
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Lights still on in the morning
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
8.5” x 13”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
Thaw
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
11.5” x 14.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Planets in the water
Watercolour, thread, ink & pencil on paper
6” x 7.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
I returned to a place I’d never been
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
13” x 17.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
I want to swim in the neighbour’s pool
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
15.5” x19”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Forgetting is another kind of blue
Watercolour & thread on paper
14.5” x 15.5“
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Stand with me on shore
Watercolour, thread & pencil on paper
10.5” x 13.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Sometimes when I should do something I do nothing
Watercolour & pencil on watercolour paper
10.5” x 17“
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
A stone in the river isn’t lost
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
9.5” x 10.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
Three round notes
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
6” x 10.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Sometimes I’m a smaller version of myself (For Emily Dickinson)
Watercolour & thread on paper
8” x 11”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Whales sing to each other across barges
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
15” x 18“
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Photo: Paul David Esposti
Beaver Hall Gallery, 2019. SPECTRUM exhibition, presented by Genzah Handmade Watercolours. Photo: Paul David Esposti.
Seismograph
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
9” x 11.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
How I want to feel about dying
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
8.5” x 13.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$375
We will never meet
Watercolour & thread on paper
9.5” x 10.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$354
Photo: Paul David Esposti
I got lost on my way to the place where you found me
Watercolour & thread on watercolour
14“ x 18”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Three trees in the night
Watercolour, thread & pencil on watercolour paper
6.5” x 4.5"
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
My secret is the only thing I own
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
8” x 6”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
Cold swans aren’t icebergs
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
8.5” x 12”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
Photo: Paul David Esposit
All roads are the long road
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
12.5” x 15”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Four little floating ideas
Watercolour & thread on paper
6.5” x 8”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Monet on my shoulder
Watercolour & thread on paper
10” x 10.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
Find me on the shoreline
Watercolour, thread and pencil on watercolour paper
8.5” x 10.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
She moved this way
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
15.5” x 20"
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525
I dreamed I could tango
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
11.5” x 12”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Because of Joe
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
9” x 12”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$345
Falling without making sound
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
13.5” x 15.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Not a mean bone in her belly
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
10” x 15”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
You and me
Pencil & thread on watercolour paper
6.5” x 9.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
I love the mud
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
14” x 22.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525
Imagining spring
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
10.5” x 13.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Six things you’ll never know
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
11” x 15”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
I dream of Harriet’s hands on moss
Watercolour & thread on paper
12.5” x 17.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
In February we walk on water
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
13.5” x 15.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
Song for Marianne
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
15.5” x 16.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
I want to talk like a guitar
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
10.5” x 27”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525
Pendulum of boulders
Watercolour, thread & pencil on watercolour paper
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Liner notes for bears
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
10.5” x 6”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$375
The stones sing when the water’s low
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
16.5” x 14”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525
If a tree falls and everyone hears it
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
18” x 16”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$625
The horse considers leather
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
13.5” x 15.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$485
The ice is quiet
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
4.5” x 6.5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
SOLD
Composing songs for bears
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
6” x 5”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$275
Song for a small moose
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
13.5” x 18”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525
Song for bored whales
Watercolour & thread on watercolour paper
20.5” x 22”
Jessica Hiemstra, 2019
$525