Bryan Jernigan Artist

2024 art classes have officially begun with my five-week abstract painting class at . Today, we played and we’re constrained to using just black and white. It’s a great way to see value in action and develop compositions. Great job, everyone!

Happy New Year!

I’m so honored to have been able to reach so many wonderful artists this year. From Northern Virginia to New Orleans to the Hudson River Valley, this year I was so fortunate to meet so many people and nurture their learning experiences. I truly love teaching and sharing what I know and so appreciate all those who traveled near and far to join me on this adventure we call art making. Here’s to you and to even more explorations in 2024! Cheers!

Family and holidays. Always a good mix.

Interesting things popping up in the studio…

Barbie Dream House, 12” x 12”, acrylic on wood panel, $200. Comments welcome!

Not all experiments go to plan, but I have ideas for this one, so this is just the first step of a multi-step painting process… We shall see where this ends up…

Reading has a way of increasing one’s creativity. Do it often… First painting after Christmas break: Walking the Fallow Field, 6.25” x 12”, acrylic on wood panel, $250. I always seem to dislike cold weather, but there’s something about bundling up and being outside. I remember growing up in rural Oklahoma and walking the wet and chilly fields, but feeling the hope of spring nonetheless. The rich smell of the the earth and the promise of life just in the offing. Frozen feet and damp nose, but exhilaration in the wind on my face. Comments welcome.

Merry Christmas!

Just a handful of pieces that found new homes this year. I’m so incredibly thankful to everyone who has supported me by buying work, but also via likes, hugs at events and supportive messages. Here’s to a wonderful holiday season and a bright new year!

YOU CAN DO IT! This is your last chance to register for my New Orleans pastel workshop , Jan. 12-14. Do it before Friday! I’d love to have you!

The folks came out for my holiday pastel workshop and did great work! Just one day, but if you want a deeper dive, register this week a d join me at in New Orleans in January! There’s still space but time if of the essence!

Peonies, 8” x 8”, pastel on paper, matted and framed to 12” x 12”, $175. Comments welcome!

Scenes from a studio…hope you can make it to our home show today between 10am and 5pm. Swipe for invite…

Practice doesn’t make perfect, but it does beget creativity! Practicing for my pastel workshop this Sunday at Falls Church Falls Church Arts and for my pastel retreat in New Orleans PaintSpace NOLA in January! Are you coming?

Hope you can swing by on Saturday. It will be very casual, but plenty of things your loved ones will treasure just in time for the holidays!

Leaning into my paper cutting skills for our annual holiday door decorating contest at work. This year’s theme: Favorite Movie. Too much?

Many thanks to those who have made the season bright for me by registering for and selling out my first abstract class of 2024!

Let your special someone grab a gift card for you; then sign up for my January pastel workshop! PaintSpace NOLA

This Saturday! You're invited...

Just one more hour to stop by and grab great holiday gifts at Ft. CF Smith today!

If you’ve been on the fence, now is the time to commit to my pastel landscape workshop intensive in New Orleans this January! You can kick the winter blues and rejuvenate after the holiday rush! Register PaintSpace NOLA this week!

With sincere apologies to my vegetarian friends, this is happening in my house today. With a healthy dose of Anita O’Day backed by Cal Tjader jazzing it up, gumbo is on the way in this otherwise gray and rainy day!

If you weren’t table to get to the reception last night, you still have today and tomorrow to peruse in peace! Hope you take the time. Great stuff in this show!

Tonight’s the night! Hope you can make it!

The other day, I dropped off my work at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and I couldn’t resist taking a selfie with Libby. Then, of course, I forgot to post it.