JeaneePaintsLive is my newest blog

Many of you know that I have been painting to live music, poetry and at a variety of events over the last 2 and half years. Now I have a significant amount of interesting stories and photos to share as well as art for sale. I have started another blog and that one will be one catering more to what I am personally doing with my art and live performances. This blog is at : http://jeaneepaintslive.blogspot.com/

You will see a lot more photos of bands of the crowds and a lot more painting in progress images than I normally show here .Plus I will be sharing a few stories of the events as well as telling you  when they are coming up. I hope you will be a blog follower of my alternative art world. 


BOOKING INFO FOR FESTIVALS, BARS, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES and  Other VENUES


If you are a venue or a festival and would like to book me as part of your event's line up of entertainment please contact me Jean Bourque provide your full contact info, name of business and event name (if there is one) and phone numbers as well as websites. Please detail what you have in mind and the date (s). Provide as much information as possible so I can determine if it fits in my schedule and what expenses I may incur to do the event and give you an accurate quote rate. 


BOOKING INFO FOR MUSICIANS AND OTHER PERFORMERS

If you are a musician and would like to book me; when you book your gig add my act into your proposal and include my fee. Contact me before you make a proposal to verify if the date is good with me and to get a rate. If it is for a festival, many times I can book myself and they will pay me direct, in that case just contact me with the festival info. Due to every gig being in a different location, varying mileage, various amounts of time, I must quote each gig on a one by one basis. In the case of a standing gig weekly, same place, same band I could quote a flat rate.

Ahhh... it's the month of June and it's one of my favorite month's of the year. My childhood memories of school letting out in June, usually on or near the first day of summer, followed by vacations and my birthday... always make me nostalgic for being a kid. Silly, perhaps but as middle age dots my face with odd colors and strange new wrinkles... a woman just can't help but long for those carefree (and wrinkle free) childhood days. Painting often takes me to the joys of childhood and I am carefree.... I dance like no one is watching!

In the past month, I have painted to a lot of great musicians and been in several art shows. At the Art Bar, I did the art show Memorial weekend and then painted live to C. Neil Scott and Matt Falter, that was magic! I also had the opportunity to paint with them the first week in June at Conundrum Music Hall and to Lucas Sam improv rock act. It was all so much fun!

"Making Magic" in acrylics by 

Jean Bourque c May 27, 2012

Art Bar Columbia SC to live music by

C. Neil Scott and Matt Falter

This painting seems nostalgic to me as well. One of the first real pieces of art I actually purchased for myself was a Monet. I enjoyed his style and then sought lessons in painting impressionism in oil paints. For me this painting inspired by very free form music is one of the best impressionistic landscape pieces I have ever done... without looking at a scene or a photo. The spirit of the music guided me to the freedom found in an impressionistic landscape created entirely from my memory with no pictorial references.

Matt Falter and C Neil Scott have posted numerous videos on youtube with me creating this painting and additional videos where I painted to their music again at Conundrum.

Catch you later my friends....
much love
Jeanee

Painted Live to DUBA at Buckaroo's

This Saturday evening, May 26, 2012 I found myself out at Lake Murray at a little night club on the water. Owners Jamie and Kristian allowed me to paint there last year and the one I created to the DUBA band ended up going home with them that night. I hadn't seen "Dear Heart" in close to a year as there were no cameras there that night. Mary Womble the bass player and singer in the Duba band asked them to bring it to Buckaroo's that evening,which they did. We hung "Dear Heart" behind the band while I painted and they played.

This was now the third time I painted at Buckaroo's and like the other two times, I noticed they have two different crowds, which I have named the early crowd and the late night crowd. When we arrived at 8PM there were only a handful of people on the back deck overlooking the Lake. There were a few boats docked and more people inside enjoying food in the restaurant. The first crowd departs about 10 and the second crowd arrives close to 1030PM. A lot of the folks with the first crowd had been at the DUBA bands performance the evening before at another Lake Murray bar and enjoyed it so much they came back for more.

The second crowd clearly had a lot more women then the first crowd. The women were all dancing and of course I was dancing too. I do what I call my Painting dance!  The ladies were out on the town for "Mommies Night Out". Everyone was having a great time dancing to cover songs by Pink, Adele, Cranberries and many other popular bands. The band played four sets and I created a 16x20 and 2 smaller paintings to the beat! Here is the larger painting I did to the music!

I was drinking Monster Total Zero while the crowd was enjoying drinks like the Dirty Monkey and as the night wore on it become evident that many were feeling no pain. Even so, there were no mishaps, as people got up on the stage and did their dances, no feel over or got tripped up. So it was a wonderful night and a great time was had by all!

Bob, Bear and Me at Homemade Genius Gallery

Saturday May 19th, I found myself in downtown Abbeville SC... at Ian Morris's place. It's a music studio, it's a gallery, it's an art studio, it's a stage and performance center and it is known as Homemade Genius!.The walls were covered with several different artists work including the owner/artist Ian Morris. The featured artist appeared to be Columbia artist Michael Krewjewski and a sprinkling of art by Columbia artist Cedric of Izms of Art. Several other artists work are on display as well.

That evening, I was there to paint to live music. Bob Kilgore and his brother Bear Kilgore having been building up a steady following of fans all over the country. Their blend of music and superior skills combine to create a full band sound with just the two of them. Bob on an acoustic guitar and Bear on electronic keyboard. During the performance, Bob's latest CD "Metamorphosis" was displayed visually with paintings created to various songs on the album. My own entry to the collection was "Meta" which had been painted to the CD at Tapp's Art Center during a Mind Gravy Poetry event this past Dec.

The art event also included poetry readings by various poets, reading their own works and words by Columbia poet John Starino and owner/poet Ian Morris. The interesting thing about this was it added another dimension to the music and the art in this environment. It was a very heady performance which the audience enjoyed heartily. I created a new work of art and named her "Meta II". Currently she is still a painting in progress, but here she is in all her glory.

Both paintings are copyright images by Jeanee Bourque

Jeanee Live Music Painter at Conundrum April 13

VARIETY SHOW WITH COMEDY, MUSIC AND ART

Yours Truly, Jean BourQue will be painting live with the Runaway Jug Band at Conundrum Music Hall on Meeting St. W Columbia, SC on Friday April 13th. The venue will have an opening comedy act by Good Clean Fun and that will be followed by an hour and a half music and painting event.

Conundrum Music Hall is a great space with a wonderful sound system and cool vibes... come out and enjoy a night of fun. Casual dress in a relaxed atmosphere designed to showcase music. Plenty of parking, cover $5.

The Runaway Jug Band features lead singer, songwriter, and multiple instrumentalist Brad Sanders playing original music from his latest cd with a few selected covers, mostly Americana, light Rock, Folk and a touch of blues and bluegrass. Truly a versatile and very talented lead performer. He will be joined by brother Frank Sanders on Bass and Vocals.

Hope to see you there!

Jeanee

Fri the 13th of April Hopf Gallery Art Reception2012

TAG ARTISTS RECEPTION AT HOPF GALLERY APR 13TH

Would you like to be at an art show with a large assortment of art and artists? Well Friday the 13th, you will be in luck...

Trenholm Artists Guild Annual Group Art Show, features art work from their members in the upstairs gallery at HOPF on Devine St. in Columbia, SC. The show is currently running until April 20th.

This Friday the 13th... the HOPF gallery will be packed with the art league members and their fans and friends for a reception from 6-8PM. The awards will be announced at 6:30 pm.

You probably know many of the artist's if you have been following Columbia SC art events.

Yours Truly is also in this art show.

JEAN BOURQUE

Call for Artists Black Mt Art and Craft Show

15th Annual Black Mountain Arts & Crafts Show

June 2 and June 3, 2012 Sat 10-5 PM and Sun 10-4 PM

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Call for entries to the 15th Annual Black Mountain Arts and Crafts show have gone out to artists/crafters across the Southeast.

The show will be held June 2 and June 3, 2012 during the peak of the Mountain Air Wildflower Season. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains just 15 miles east of Asheville, Black Mountain has long been a rich and varied arts and crafts community.

From the 1930's to the mid 1950's the town was home for Black Mountain College, which still claims alumni of worldwide renown in the arts. More and more, the town is becoming a center for arts and crafts, antiques and furniture, which attracts tourists from throughout the nation for its unique offerings.

The Old Depot Association is sponsoring the event, giving the show a degree of experience in the arts, marketing, and show management seldom seen in shows of this type.

Artists/crafters seeking to enter the juried show should email Meredith Green at craftshow@olddepot.org or call Joan Tolley at 828-669-4563 28711.

Applications Accepted until May 1, 2012.

Show and Booth Info

Rules and Regulations

Application

Art Trail Gallery Florence SC Photo Show Opening

Please join us on Friday March 16th at the Art Trail Gallery

135 S Dargon St. in downtown Florence SC from 530-8PM for

the opening night reception; welcoming SC best photographers.

The show will include photography By Marion Berry, Jean Bourque, Keith Bates, Robert Greaney, Jr and Kendall Berry just

to name a few....

Click for directions Florence SC map

Photography exhibit at the Art Trail Gallery. Judging results will be announced! As always, we've got some great refreshments for you! Use the opening to kick-off an equally fabulous weekend. The weather is going to be phenomenal! The pictures on display are great! The interesting mix of people that come together at the Gallery is almost impossible to beat anywhere! You know you're going to have a great time! Invite all your friends, too!!! There's lots of parking in the brand new, well-lit parking lot at the back of the building and the back door will be open! There's the big grassy lot beside us you can use, too, not to mention street parking. So, come on down! 5:30 p.m - 8 p.m. this Friday, March 16!

Photograph c Jean Bourque

Events Scheduled For Forest Acres Fine Art Center

Forest Acres Fine Art Center 3400 Forest Drive Columbia, SC

2012 Event Schedule

Second Samuel Play March 22-24 & March 29-31 8pm; March 25 & April 1 6pm

Anna D & Friends Variety Show April 5 8pm

God of Carnage Play April 20-21 & 27-28 8pm; April 22 & 29 3pm

Anna D & Friends Variety May 5 8pm

Anna D & Friends Variety June 7 8pm

MidLife! The Crisis Musical Play July 13-15 & 20-22 8pm; July 15 & 22 3pm

Eclipse of Sanity Play August 3-4 & 10-11 8pm; August 5 & 12 3pm

Anna D & Friends Variety Show September 6 8pm

Anna D & Friends Variety October 4 8pm

Oliver! Play October 19-21 & 26-28 8pm; October 21 & 28 3pm

Anna D & Friends Variety November 8 8pm

Every Christmas Story… December 6-8, 13-15 & 20-22 8pm; December 9, 16 & 23 3pm

**Schedule subject to change.

Original Art will be on display and for sale at The Forest Acres Fine Arts Center featuring professional SC artists and will change monthly.

For further info, tickets or donations please contact

Forest Acres Fine Art Center or

Theatre Rowe

Yours Truly,

Jean Bourque

Abstract Art Show at SC State Museum Now

SC STATE MUSEUM ON THE CORNER OF GERVAIS AND HUGER IN COLUMBIA SC NOW SHOWING.....

Abstract Art in South Carolina: 1949-2012 looks at the evolution and influences of abstract painting and sculpture in South Carolina.

The exhibit includes work by pioneering artists such as William Halsey, Corrie McCallum, J. Bardin, Carl Blair and Merton Simpson, and contemporary artists currently working in communities across South Carolina today, such as James Busby, Shaun Cassidy, Enid Williams, Paul Yanko, Katie Walker and Tom Stanley, among many others.
In all, work by more than 40 artists are included in the exhibition, which focuses on one of the most important aspects of South Carolina’s visual culture.