Hollis Jeffcoat

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← Previous revision Revision as of 22:12, 25 April 2026 Line 87: Line 87: After returning to Sanibel, Jeffcoat's work shifted toward the coastal environment of southwest Florida. The Gulf, mangroves, and underwater marine forms became dominant subjects; paintings such as ''Storm Over Buck Key'' drew on coastal weather, while works including ''Nage'' and ''Grande Meduse'' explored jellyfish and underwater space as recurring motifs. By 2010–2011 the work had moved toward immersion as a formal principle — an attempt to render not only the appearance of water but the sensation of being within it.<ref name="florida-abstracted">{{cite AV media |title=Florida Abstracted exhibit transcript |date=2011 |publisher=Watson MacRae Gallery |medium=video transcript}}</ref><ref name="island-reporter-2011" /><ref name="aqua-transcript">{{cite AV media |title=Aqua Journey exhibit transcript |publisher=Watson MacRae Gallery |date=2012 |medium=video transcript}}</ref> After returning to Sanibel, Jeffcoat's work shifted toward the coastal environment of southwest Florida. The Gulf, mangroves, and underwater marine forms became dominant subjects; paintings such as ''Storm Over Buck Key'' drew on coastal weather, while works including ''Nage'' and ''Grande Meduse'' explored jellyfish and underwater space as recurring motifs. By 2010–2011 the work had moved toward immersion as a formal principle — an attempt to render not only the appearance of water but the sensation of being within it.<ref name="florida-abstracted">{{cite AV media |title=Florida Abstracted exhibit transcript |date=2011 |publisher=Watson MacRae Gallery |medium=video transcript}}</ref><ref name="island-reporter-2011" /><ref name="aqua-transcript">{{cite AV media |title=Aqua Journey exhibit transcript |publisher=Watson MacRae Gallery |date=2012 |medium=video transcript}}</ref>

Open-heart surgery and recovery temporarily reshaped her materials; unable to work in her usual physically demanding way, she turned to colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, and clayboard before returning to oil painting. ''Aqua Journey'' (2012) presented the full arc of this period — work made before surgery, during recovery, and after her return to the studio — unified by the same coastal subject matter.<ref name="aqua-transcript" /><ref name="island-sun-aqua" /> Open-heart surgery and recovery temporarily reshaped her materials; unable to work in her usual physically demanding way, she turned to colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, and clayboard before returning to oil painting. ''Aqua Journey'' (2012) presented the full arc of this period — work made before surgery, during recovery, and after her return to the studio — unified by the same coastal subject matter.<ref name="aqua-transcript" /><ref name="island-sun-aqua">{{cite news |last=Hayes |first=Shannen |title=Watson MacRae to present solo exhibit by Jeffcoat |work=Island Sun |date=14 February 2012 |url=https://www.digifind-it.com/IDIViewer/web/viewer.html?file=/sanibel/data/newspapers/IslandSun/2012/2012-02-14.pdf |via=Sanibel Public Library Digital Archive |access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>

=== Synesthesia and sound-color paintings === === Synesthesia and sound-color paintings ===