I notice. I examine. i investigate. so many paths to experience and express.curiosity pulls
I’m weaving threads of curiosity into one creative life.
An existence shaped by what I notice, question, explore, and create.
Lost Edges Life
I used to think Lost Edges described the way I wanted to paint. Now I realize it describes the way I live. The interesting parts of life often happen where the boundaries are less certain. Art overlaps with travel. Physical challenge changes perspective. People alter the way I see things. Experiences become stories, images, questions, or ideas that follow me home.
I’m Jody, an artist, writer, explorer, and relentlessly curious observer. I paint, write, travel, ride bikes, wander down roads I haven’t been on before, and spend a lot of time thinking about why things affect me the way they do. I’m interested in art and creativity, but also in people, relationships, movement, aging, health, place, and the unexpected connections between all of them.
I don’t have much interest in staying in one lane. I’d rather follow whatever has captured my attention and see where it takes me. Sometimes that becomes a painting. Sometimes it becomes something I write. Sometimes it simply changes the way I look at something I thought I already understood.
I’m increasingly comfortable with things that aren’t completely defined. Ideas change. Perspectives shift. I like that. I want to remain open to being surprised, to changing my mind, and to discovering connections I wasn’t looking for.
Lost Edges has become a way of describing that openness. The willingness to let boundaries blur, follow curiosity, change direction, and keep evolving. At this point in my life, I’m less interested in defining who I am than in staying curious about who I might become.
Creative Statement
My creative work begins with something that catches and holds my attention, then echoes in my mind for some time. A gesture, a relationship, a curious shape, the way light changes a familiar subject, a thought I can’t quite let go. I can be unexpectedly pulled to any of it. I’m interested less in recording exactly what I see or experience than in discovering what remains afterward.
In painting, I work between representation and abstraction, allowing recognizable forms to emerge, dissolve, and become part of the larger surface. Edges disappear. Details are exaggerated, simplified, or lost entirely. Design elements are integrated. Memory, observation, and invention begin to overlap.
I continuously hone the skills of realism and maintain my understanding of composition and design. I work to understand both well enough to break the rules intentionally and move beyond simply reproducing what I see, to express the echoes of what remains in my memory.
Writing follows much the same impulse. An experience, observation, conversation, or question stays with me, and I follow it to see what it reveals. Sometimes the result is a story or reflection. Sometimes it changes the way I understand something. Often the writing itself becomes part of the exploration.
Creativity, for me, is another form of curiosity. I look, respond, change my mind, make connections, and follow what becomes interesting. The paintings, sketches, and words are not really answers. They are evidence of exploration and curiosity.