What's in a name?
Three Tenticles Forward Studios Bio
I often get asked what does your name mean?
Well this is my business name, my studio.
The person behind it, is Me, Jackie Morisette.
But how did I get to this name?
And why for the love of grammar gods did you spell tentacles
with an I?
Well after receiving a few self help books from a very insightful friend I had decided I was going to jump into this venture to figure out what and where I wanted to be in life. I was determined to put my best foot forward in this effort.
But upon trying to find a handle that expressed my willingness to put both feet forward I came up empty. All were taken.
I just happened to glance down at my arm, where my lovely tattoo friend Oscar the ocular octopus resides. I thought well if I can't put both feet forward I'm going to put three tentacles forward.
I found this hilarious and kept thinking this is more like ten tickles instead of tentacles and thus a grammar faux pas was committed.
About Jackie
Personal Profile
I am Jackie from Canada. I am a self taught artist in various mediums. I began my journey as an oil landscape painter at a young age.
After the loss of my father at age 11 I left behind painting and turned towards writing and sketching until I was in my mid 20's. Looking for a stress relieving hobby I decided to start painting again. It was anything but stress reducing. I was so hard on myself I think i just stressed myself out more. Once I was back in that world though it was like coming home to an old friend. It was my sanity and my calling.
My frustration with my abilities were a driving force for my learning. It would force me to take my painting more serious and I started learning about different mediums.
I started with venturing out into acrylics. then after realizing my drawing skills were not what they should be I dedicated a full year to just charcoal and graphite drawing. since then I've dabbled in digital, watercolor and inks.
A few years ago after a lot of self improvement I felt able to share my work with people. I was scared but in doing that I found the thing that was missing in work. The human connection.
When people ask me what kind of artist I am I always have trouble putting it into a category. I simple follow what medium I feel will best bring my ideas to life. I call myself a multidisciplinary painter in a contemporary impressionistic style.
When I am asked to sum up my practice I say I make art for the people who have forgotten themselves. I want to give people the moments to stop and give their souls a break so they can see where they need to work on, because once we learn to do that we can start to make meaningful connections with the people and communities we live in
I know sometimes it seems like a chaotic journey so thank you for your patience and support.
Thank you
Jackie