Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • Friendly poetry

    Tanka in gratitude for a glacial erratic This quartz was lifted flew slowly here borne by ice to cure writer’s block. Sat here while we invented alphabets, and now these words. Matthew Wright, lowercase paradise Matthew is a fellow Vermonter and Friend. His poetry speaks to me strongly so I wanted to share it with…

  • Nature Copies Art

    Here is a case of art influencing how I see the world. If I did not know the painting by Edvard Munch I would not have seen the image in the tree. Interestingly the original title of the painting was The Scream Of Nature so I have an example of  the odd coincidence of nature…

  • Summer Idyll

    On the way to a show last July,  I spotted this iconic summer scene with children playing in the river.  This painting (Summer Idyll, Cold River)  is one of a series of paintings that I did en plein air during the summer of 2012. I called this series idylls. An idyll is a short description…

  • Over 20,000 and counting!

    This painting is of my neighbor John and Denise’s apple tree in full bloom by their pond this past spring. It is a teaser for new work that I will be posting later this week on my web sight RVJart.com . Be sure to check it out. It was only a month ago that the…

  • Ode to a Camera

    Today I pause to consider my camera. It is old (ancient in technological time at 10 years old ), cracked, chipped, and worn but still functioning. My foray into cyberspace would not be possible without it. This technology allows me the freedom to reproduce any image that I create effectively and inexpensively. Only 20 years…