Some of my art experiences here in Eureka have been of the “iceberg tip” kind.  I discover artists by seeing work in person that is a bit interesting, then upon further online investigation, discover that there is so much more.  San Diego artist Jessica McCambly, whose work I saw recently at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, works in the very nature of a first glance drawn into an intimate viewing.

 

McCambly creates these tiny paintings ( the larger pieces pictured above are zoomed in details, most work is on 7×7 or 10×10 paper ) using a unique mixture of acrylic and glass fragments.  The resulting paintings are these beautiful little jeweled microcosms.  They could be geodes or macro images of crystals, or aerial views of geothermal pools.  There is a quality of a world to be discovered in each minute piece, drawing us in for a closer view.

To see more of Jessica McCambly‘s work, please visit her website.

All images are via the artist’s website.