media, video, inter-art, poetry, calligraphy, storytelling, performance, sign language, travel
media, video, inter-art, poetry, calligraphy, storytelling, performance, sign language, travel
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"Steller's Jay and Dragonfly" (2018): by artist Jolanta Lapiak.
Oil painting on 16"x16" wood panel.
Collector: SLIAO (Sign Language Interpreting Associates Ottawa Inc.), Edmonton region.
The Steller's Jay is a jay native to western North America, closely related to the blue jay found in the rest of the continent. The painting was inspired by one of my college-day acquaintances -- Ken Irving's photographs of the Steller's Jays.
"European Bee-eaters" (2018) by artist Jolanta Lapiak.
Oil painting on 24"x20"x wood panel.
Collector: SLIAO (Sign Language Interpreting Associates Ottawa Inc.), Ottawa region.
A beautiful and elegant bird with multi-colored plumage.
The creator is an Ameslan (or ASLian) literary media arche-creator, artist/artivist, media poet, storyteller, performance artist, and presenter/instructor in the mediums of video, performance, image, text, and sign language.