Author: jellevant

And as the world falls apart, there are scraps of silver linings

My photo art has always been circumstantial, not particularly planned.  So, sheltering in my one-bedroom apartment during the ‘lockdown’ time keeping as many of us as possible safe from the virus, there are not too many circumstances.  Being a positive person, I looked on the brighter side.  Never seeming to have had time to get… Continue reading And as the world falls apart, there are scraps of silver linings

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White Hat fell in love

My ‘noirish’ photograph of the gentrified-into-oblivion Retox Lounge which used to be in my neighborhood, left the SFWA Gallery on Valentine’s Day weekend to go to a new home, somewhere in the East Bay. I never actually ventured into the Retox (maybe the red velvet and skulls in the window put me off), but I’m… Continue reading White Hat fell in love

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Music Art goes to the Bayview

Several of my music art pictures are now hanging in Word. A Cafe on Third Street in San Francisco’s Bayview district. This small, friendly neighborhood cafe / restaurant / bar and now new jazz venue is a perfect place for them to have another airing.

Several Pieces in Edge of Frame Gallery

Currently have 8 pieces in a group show at the Edge of Frame Gallery in San Francisco’s Western Addition. The show is running until February 1, weekends (when I’m here) and some weekdays if the owner is in or by appointment (contact me!) Here’s what’s there of mine (click images for full view):

National Exposure!

I was pretty excited to have one of my music photographs make it into the Wall Street Journal last weekend – so I’m shouting it here from the blog! The jazz blogger, Marc Myer, wrote a piece on pianist/arranger Larry Dunlap who was playing Cape Verde composer Amandio Cabral’s compositions at a particular concert I… Continue reading National Exposure!

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Art at the Box Factory

I was so pleased to be contacted by a curator to place pieces of my artwork in a space that was coming on the market.  The space used to be the late artist Rex Ray’s studio and has now been converted into a unique 1-bedroom unit in a live-work community.  In the end she placed… Continue reading Art at the Box Factory