Statement
2020 has been a year of ebb and flow in my artistic creativity. A year that has summoned taking chances, replaced a comfortable way of being with living in a place of vulnerability, and taught me to move forward in an uncertain landscape.
My experimental drawings spring organically from a place of rawness; light and dark punctuated by flashes of color. These drawings are more spontaneous with no framing, just works on paper that offer freedom, healing, and an optimistic future.
2020 has been a year of ebb and flow in my artistic creativity. A year that has summoned taking chances, replaced a comfortable way of being with living in a place of vulnerability, and taught me to move forward in an uncertain landscape.
My experimental drawings spring organically from a place of rawness; light and dark punctuated by flashes of color. These drawings are more spontaneous with no framing, just works on paper that offer freedom, healing, and an optimistic future.
Bio
NJ Weaver is a Texas mixed media artist and printmaker. She spent 10+ years working in the architectural/interior design field in Houston before moving to New Mexico in the early 90’s. In Albuquerque, she worked with Habitat for Humanity and other local area non-profit organizations in project management & fundraising. A lifelong art observer, New Mexico’s landscapes, arts and native crafts further sparked her interest and studies in painting, photography, and fiber arts.
In 2004, she returned to Austin and began exploring new mediums & art interests. Her encaustic paintings (beeswax & damar resin) combine and create intuitive abstract art rich in color, texture and light using paint, encaustic, paper, miscellaneous objects and ephemera.
NJ Weaver is a member of Woman Made Gallery and a Boardmember with PrintAustin. She currently works from her home studio in Round Rock, TX.