The Artful Animal Portraits of Lisa Jewell

A Jewell by Lisa Jewell: "Gracie" 40" x 30" Acrylic on box canvass.  On sale at "A Gallery of the Arts", Claremore, OK.

Some people play beautiful music by ear.  Others cook delectable dishes without recipes.  Lisa Jewell paints animals by instinct.  One look in the eyes of the subjects in her paintings and you know that animal.  Her brush imprints the essence of the individual.  To say she is painting or even producing art of our beloved horses, dogs and cats is a misnomer.  Jewell is a portrait painter, and even that doesn't do her justice.  We will call her a portraiturist.

Beretta on canvass and...

...in Real Life with Jewell.

The portrait succeeds where the photo fails...capturing the personality and inherent beauty of the horse.

Jewell paints from photographs, often very poor ones, and produces the likeliness of the animal with spooky perfection.  I received the gift of a Jewell Christmas ornament with Ace's portrait on it.  When I looked at it, I cried.  I remembered the day the photo was taken: damp, leaden sky, cold, but there was my Bijou looking brightly back at me as he always does, "Hello, My Human!" from a glass bulb.  Jewell has never met Ace.  The photo was of a black horse without any benefit from the natural light.  But there he was, in miniature, in all his sweetness and individuality: a gift of Jewell's brush.

My Precious on a Christmas Tree Ornament: Ace is on the bottom left.

Jewell's gift began to manifest itself when she was five years old, but she only picked up a canvass and some paints full time 3 years ago, with help from a benevolent and supportive hubby.  Jewell's talent now flourishes from the couple's acreage in Oklahoma.  Her modern and minimalist style uses bold, tertiary background colors which augment the beauty of the subject.  The placement and angle of the subject lend further interest to the works.  You do not look at a Jewell portrait and say to yourself, "I could have painted that."

"Medicine Hat" 18" x 24", Acrylic on canvass,  "I had the idea to do a painting with a little Southwest or Indian twist to it," Jewell said.  She was inspired by Medicine Hat paints of Native American lore.

The title of Jewell's blog is Mateo Painting.  Very fitting as 'mateo' means 'gift from God'.  Follow the life of a painting from inception to completion via her blog:
http://www.artbylisajewell.blogspot.com/
For more information on portrait commissions, paintings for sale and other Jewell artworks, visit her website:
https://artbyjewell.com/Home_Page.html

"Sunny Dressage Horse" 30" x 40" Acrylic on box canvass, for sale at "A Gallery of the Arts, Claremore, OK. 

If you are considering a portrait of your horse, dog, cat, longhorn [yep, she's done one!] or any other animal, your search for the artist is over, you've discovered the amazing instinctual art of Lisa Jewell.

Kind Regards,
Michelle Blackler
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