Notions and Words – Jayne Matricardi
DESCRIPTION:
Found paper collage
9 x 12 in
2020
BIO:
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Jayne Matricardi has been teaching and creating art in the Washington DC area for over twenty-five years. She holds a bachelor’s degree with dual majors in painting and art history from the University of Virginia. Since 1996, Jayne has participated in multiple artist’s residencies and workshops in Italy with the artistic duo, Rosenclaire. After a brief career as a web designer for the Washington Post, Jayne earned a master’s degree in education from The George Washington University in 2001, and since then she has been an art educator at the high school level in the Fairfax County, Virginia public school system. She currently teaches painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and digital art at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In 2021, she earned a master’s degree in fine art from George Mason University. Her personal art practice covers a wide variety of media and approaches, ranging from abstract collage to photo-realistic graphite drawing. Much of her work explores the psychological landscape of motherhood and caregiving.
DESCRIPTION:
Found paper collage
9 x 12 in
2020
BIO:
Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Jayne Matricardi has been teaching and creating art in the Washington DC area for over twenty-five years. She holds a bachelor’s degree with dual majors in painting and art history from the University of Virginia. Since 1996, Jayne has participated in multiple artist’s residencies and workshops in Italy with the artistic duo, Rosenclaire. After a brief career as a web designer for the Washington Post, Jayne earned a master’s degree in education from The George Washington University in 2001, and since then she has been an art educator at the high school level in the Fairfax County, Virginia public school system. She currently teaches painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, and digital art at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In 2021, she earned a master’s degree in fine art from George Mason University. Her personal art practice covers a wide variety of media and approaches, ranging from abstract collage to photo-realistic graphite drawing. Much of her work explores the psychological landscape of motherhood and caregiving.