# @jewel on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DCO4Qa0uFvP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/24816778-jewel-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/89626df7a0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-11-11T13:27:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jewel (@jewel) — https://gondola.cc/jewel

## Caption

I discovered visual art in High School while attending interlochenarts . I attended on a vocal scholarship - but had no money for food and books- so I got a job modeling for the sculpture class. The teacher Gene was remarkable. So intelligent and articulate, that as I held my poses I broke the cardinal rule and began to ask her questions. She humored me and would answer them. Finally after a few months she told me to get off the podium and join the class. We started with marble carving and clay.. but I drew in my free time. 

I have continued my art practice my whole career, though never shared any of my work with the world… until recently… 

“My hay barn heart” is oil paint on aluminum panel … the view is of the hay barn where I was raised in Alaska… that view and that land made me who I am and shaped how I perceive the world … the cone of vision that erupts from my eyes into the negative space represents  how the land shaped  my inner world and how it then shapes how I interact with Seen Realm… #oilpainting #landacape #portrait

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## Tags

oilpainting, portrait, landacape

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