Artwork of S. Jewell S. McGhee

Artwork of S. Jewell S. McGhee The artwork of S. Jewell S. McGhee mixed-media sculpture, colored pencil, tapestry, fiber art, collage, crochet, fine art. Religious Art, Community Art

About the Artist
S. McGhee likes to call her art “painting with pencils.” She first started using colored pencils to help her mother write names on lunch bags for school. “My mom would pick matching themes for the names on our bags; all balloons, or sunrises, or sometimes just geometric shapes. She always made them so beautiful; a plain brown bag lunch was, all at once, a love note, a story, a hug

, and simple colors to enlighten us for the rest of the day.” These bags also became a constant reminder that art was simple, attainable, and a necessary part of every day.

“I always start with a story.” Every time you hear a story you have a physical (tears, a chuckle, or a smile) or mental (confusion, contentment) reaction which is unable to be explained in words alone. “I like to use abstract art as a medium to dive deeply into the complicated mess of a story and discover something more about it and about myself.” She follows the flow of a story and finds the shapes and colors that express its fundamental emotions and questions. Jewell uses her art to interpret the stories of Shakespeare, the newspaper, the Bible, and her own life. “As I grapple with Hamlet, I see lines-sharp and violent-cutting through relationships and into love. There is red: obviously for blood, but also for love (a riddle itself). A golden crown, a golden son; a golden sun breaking through ghosts, clouds, and lives to reveal blackness and blood.” How black is the blackness of hate? What texture is grace? What shape is confusion, or desperation, or promise? These are the questions these pieces ask.

Jesus is in Chicago.
04/04/2025

Jesus is in Chicago.

05/01/2024

When loneliness feels like isolation...

05/01/2024

It has been so good to excercise my art and faith muscles again!

I had the best time on Sunday...
12/21/2021

I had the best time on Sunday...

Check out our fabulous artist talk from last Friday night!
10/26/2020

Check out our fabulous artist talk from last Friday night!

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This Friday is opening night for "I'm in Danger When You Think I am Dangerous"
10/12/2020

This Friday is opening night for "I'm in Danger When You Think I am Dangerous"


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