Art and thoughts by Roger Vincent Jasaitis

This Speaks My Mind

  • The Idea of Color

    I’ve been thinking about color this week as I’ve been working. I should say the idea of color. Let me explain… If you think that color is a physical thing, an apple is red, the sky is blue, you may have to think again. What is color anyway? Think about how they make paint. On…

  • Song of the Spirit

    I first observed a Scarlet Tanager last week. It is a rare bird to see because it lives it’s life in the forest canopy. However it has a very distinctive song that is easily identified once known. ~ A bird alighted in the treetops outside the Meeting House during Meeting for Worship. The gradual awareness…

  • Obsessions and Collections

    Last year I performed a wedding ceremony for my family beside a brook that runs through the forest  nearby. In commemoration I created a series of paintings to capture the spirit and mystery of what I have named “The Wedding Brook”. We paused in the river of life to consecrate this loving, committed relationship. It…

  • Creativity continuum theory

    In discussing a work in progress with my nephew Kyle we came onto a thread of conversation about creativity that I have been thinking about for a while. This is the idea that a painting is a continuous record of the creativity expended to create it, a continuum of creativity. The process is the creative…

  • Acworth Community Charitable Trust Annual Art Exhibition

    The Trust is once again planning an art and artisan fundraising event for Saturday July 14, 2012 at the Town Hall in Acworth, New Hampshire. This is an invitational show of regional artists held in an historic building in a beautiful location. I will be showing 5 paintings at this event including the above work.…