Geisha Mixed Media

Paper Cranes and Geishas...

A follow up to my Indian bride, this is my Geisha letting her hair down.  This mixed media includes watercolor, acrylic, ink, sheer and satin ribbon, seed beads, origami crane, and handmade papers.

Enjoy her!  She is for sale at The Cool Chick Place in Avon, CT

Bollywood Mixed Media

Behind the Veil

This is probably my favorite work of mine, for some reason I'm real attached to it.  I was teaching a Bollywood class at The Summer Place and became really interested in Indian culture.  I was inspired my the costumes and bright cheerful Indian weddings, and the idea of a whole personality being hidden behind a veil...

I really enjoyed making the mat for this one... sorry the picture has so much glare.
I hope you enjoy her!  The original is for sale at A Cool Chick Place in Avon, CT.

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Welcome to my art blog!

I will be posting some of my artwork, but for now please check out my Facebook page to see my current and past art....

Art by Jayme Gilchrist:

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The great dream artist, Marc Chagall, once said, "That great art picks up where nature ends." I look to the world around me for inspiration.  I often take pictures of the natural beauty outside, saving them to use for desk clutter… I mean painting references.




In my day-to-day life I enjoy  watching my students create and getting in touch with my own creative side.

I work mostly in watercolor, mixed media, and pen and ink.  I really enjoy the transparency and challenge of working with watercolor.  If it isn’t right the first time, you have to start over . . . it can be annoying but mostly it makes me feel lucky.  Mixed media brings a whole new dimension and character to a piece of art; it makes me feel like I’m putting together an outfit or a puzzle… the outcome is always unique and my own.  And pen and ink is detailed, precise, and technical… it lets my inner organizational freak out.


Me on a fall hike!