Beanache (Blessing) by Barbara Wentzell Jaquith

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A Path of Yellow Moonlight

Barbara Wentzell Jaquith
Beanache (Blessing), 2025
Sennelier Pastel on Velvet Paper
9 x 11 x 1 in
Inv: 95
$125
Available

This piece was painted plein air during Golden Hour along a marshy spot in the Delaware River Gap and represents the state of Delaware in my "Love Letter to America" collection. For many years, we drove through the Gap to visit family in New England each summer. These beautiful words are an excerpt from John O'Donohue's poem Beannacht (Blessing) and served as the inspiration for this subtle and beautiful Nocturne.

When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home.

Current Location: Lovering Studio
Collections: A Love Letter to America, Life in Georgia, Pastels

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Artist CV

Barbara Wentzell Jaquith

Lovering Studio, 478 Navarre Dr, Stone Mountain, Ga 30087

603-828-6057

Education

B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Studio Art and Social Work awarded from Plymouth State University (NH)

Experience

I am a multi-disciplinary artist with expertise in a wide variety of mediums. Over the years, my art experience has included mastery of a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, and line art. I occasionally work in collage. Currently, I am working on a 50-piece pastel project titled A Love Letter to America. The project consists of one plein air pastel painting done in each of the 50 states using a proprietary technique that I call Ambient Observation.

Exhibition Experience

· The Cayman Gallery, Grand Cayman Island

· The Octagon Arts Center, Clearwater, Fl

· Grinders Gallery on Central, St. Pete, Fl

· Stone Soup Gallery in Key West, Fl. (solo)

· Crossroads: Change in Rural America: In 2020, I was privileged to participate in the Smithsonian Institute's traveling exhibit, Crossroads: Change in Rural America

· Fulton County Arts and Culture: In July of 2025, I am exhibiting at an exhibit curated by the Fulton County Arts and Culture Department, Chasing the Light: An Exhibition of Plein Air Painters.

I have experience teaching individual private students as well as groups.

Awards and Grants

Award: Outstanding Group Volunteerism; Governor’s Office of Volunteerism

This federal grant was an award given for facilitating the placement of students in community-based non-profits, including those serving marginalized populations. Several arts and culture organizations were the recipients of student volunteerism through this initiative. I administered this federal grant for Plymouth State University

Award: Citation for Values-Based Leadership from Lutheran Social Services of New England, Inc.

This was an award given for developing community-based programming for the inclusion of marginalized people, especially those with disabilities in creative and life-enriching activities within their home communities.

Publications

Publications: My Home Town: Issues of Creative Inclusion in Community Living; Northeast AAMR Conference

Publication: Toward Equality and Justice in the Community; Family Support 56 Annual Region X Conference

I am pleased to have numerous pieces in private collections. I always appreciate collectors who find a personal connection with my work and want to include it in their working or living space.

Barbara Wentzell Jaquith

Stone Mountain, Georgia

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