Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • Oh Spring where art thou?

    This week I have posted a trio of new landscape paintings on my web sight RVJart.com. These are three small winterscapes, intimate and affordable; psalm 177, psalm 178 and psalm 179. Interestingly I have had a photo that I took of the snow go viral this week on my Facebook page. What drives these views?…

  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY… to ME!

    To celebrate the one year anniversary of RVJart.com and this blog, I am hosting a no reserve auction of this new pastel painting ” The Retreat Meadows”. This painting depicts the West River and the surrounding hillsides form the Retreat meadows in Brattleboro, Vermont. It is with deep appreciation of all the love and support…

  • Teach Your Children

    Does this make you smile? It makes me smile because I know that this child is learning about art. Not how to make it in this instance, but how to appreciate it. I wrote a post earlier this year about this topic of children and art, The Value of Art, and I wanted to use…

  • All you need is art….

    I have spent the last week or so re-create-ing. This photo is of some of the street art in the Wynwood section of Miami, an impressive collection of contemporary public mural painting. While I was on vacation my websight RVJart.com surpassed 50,000 hits in under a year! This is a big milestone for me and…

  • On Nature and Nature

    This photo captures a goshawk at long-range using a telephoto lens. This raptor appears to be an adult by its coloring and is quite large at 26 inches long with a wingspan of 50 inches. This hawk has been raiding the bird feeders on our back porch that we put out to attract finches and…