Blue Whispers The ocean breathes. If you are patient and watch long enough, you will discover the long,             slow                      inhalations. She draws back, centers herself, while the memory of her reach, in white foam, reveals the limit of her lungs. There is a singular moment, a crest of change, a shift in concentration, when the deepening release builds where she draws herself up and lets go, pulsing back to shore she exhales and eternity rushes to

True North We are not only stars, love, but the very earth spinning beneath our feet. The young, sharp-edged, glacial peaks, the humble nursery of oak and mushroom, moss and lichen, where humans neglect to tread. It’s true, these atoms of ours navigate the light-pricked, indigo sky, strewn by gods and goddesses, triangulated by stories of ancient myth. Their heroes and monsters hold the course for Homer, Cook and all those in-between, as ships turn wheel and rudder, ar

True North We are not only stars, love, but the very earth spinning beneath our feet. The young, sharp-edged, glacial peaks, the humble nursery of oak and mushroom, moss and lichen, where humans neglect to tread. It’s true, these atoms of ours navigate the light-pricked, indigo sky, strewn by gods and goddesses, triangulated by stories of ancient myth. Their heroes and monsters hold the course for Homer, Cook and all those in-between, as ships turn wheel and rudder, ar

Niobe Extinguish this need, dear one. Let the wounds heal and the saints see to this ache. Pray the Rosary five times that my Tower will not shatter to ashes, but be a lamp, a lighthouse fracturing the night, signaling the sin-weary home. Tantalus taught me well, how to yearn, but not how to heal. But still, I can warn them away. Feel the soft wake of drowning water at your feet. In the dim, eternal Acheron, a loaded boat slips past. Where is the shinin

Niobe Extinguish this need, dear one. Let the wounds heal and the saints see to this ache. Pray the Rosary five times that my Tower will not shatter to ashes, but be a lamp, a lighthouse fracturing the night, signaling the sin-weary home. Tantalus taught me well, how to yearn, but not how to heal. But still, I can warn them away. Feel the soft wake of drowning water at your feet. In the dim, eternal Acheron, a loaded boat slips past. Where is the shinin

Inhale water’s slow to make her art a soft persistence beguiles and seduces the boulders crack and crumble scatter bones beneath the waves the tides have time to burn winter’s weary centuries break open earth’s blue blood Exhale #art #waiswater #droplet #fog #Water #photography #chushcoff #poetry #jennifer #poem #nature #preston #photos

Inhale water’s slow to make her art a soft persistence beguiles and seduces the boulders crack and crumble scatter bones beneath the waves the tides have time to burn winter’s weary centuries break open earth’s blue blood Exhale #art #waiswater #droplet #fog #Water #photography #chushcoff #poetry #jennifer #poem #nature #preston #photos

WA IS WATER: An Intimate Portrait is finally here! My book launch at B-Sharp Coffee House was a success and we sold out of all copies and left with orders for more. It’s been an incredible two year journey. I’m so grateful to all those who helped and for the Tacoma Arts Commission support of local artists. I hope you enjoy the book! Purchase an eBook for $3.99. #TAIP #facts #DryFalls #Water #TacomaArtsCommision #chushcoff #washington #waterfalls #EasternWashington #drought #j

WA IS WATER: An Intimate Portrait is finally here! My book launch at B-Sharp Coffee House was a success and we sold out of all copies and left with orders for more. It’s been an incredible two year journey. I’m so grateful to all those who helped and for the Tacoma Arts Commission support of local artists. I hope you enjoy the book! Purchase an eBook for $3.99. #TAIP #facts #DryFalls #Water #TacomaArtsCommision #chushcoff #washington #waterfalls #EasternWashington #drought #j

Dry There is a whisper on the wind a herald autumn’s coming! The drip-drip dew downspout says thank goodness since the drought has done us in. The garden’s full of crisp, brown leaves copper needles, so many thirsty throats. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my second year and I ha

Dry There is a whisper on the wind a herald autumn’s coming! The drip-drip dew downspout says thank goodness since the drought has done us in. The garden’s full of crisp, brown leaves copper needles, so many thirsty throats. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my second year and I ha

Squint My windows face west and sunsets never disappoint, but  sometimes I long for shadows  soft and lean  between us some dappled shade. I hunt cool garden corners when our summer sun dips behind the shaggy  rainforest mountains at 10PM. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my secon

Squint My windows face west and sunsets never disappoint, but  sometimes I long for shadows  soft and lean  between us some dappled shade. I hunt cool garden corners when our summer sun dips behind the shaggy  rainforest mountains at 10PM. (The August Poetry Postcard Project was initiated by Paul Nelson of Seattle, WA. It challenges poets to write a poem a day in one go with no revisions on a postcard. Afterwards, the postcard is mailed to other participants. This is my secon

Woke up to thunder and lightening. Love it! I feel ALIVE!!! (Please, lighting, don’t start a fire … ) #PNW #NarrowsBridge #WAisWATER #Tacoma #nature #nofilter #nofilter #waiswater #narrowsbridge #PNW #tacoma #nature

Woke up to thunder and lightening. Love it! I feel ALIVE!!! (Please, lighting, don’t start a fire … ) #PNW #NarrowsBridge #WAisWATER #Tacoma #nature #nofilter #nofilter #waiswater #narrowsbridge #PNW #tacoma #nature

Remnants. New piece for the Itty Bitty Show at Gallery Row in Gig Harbor, WA. March 12 – April 15, 2015. 6”X6” plaster, copper, dried botanicals (bark, lichen, maple leaf, bachelor button), acrylic & copper paint. #art #collage #JenniferChushcoff #gigharbor #byjenn #ittybittyartshow #Remnants #GalleryRow #byJenn #mixedmedia #wa #nature

Remnants. New piece for the Itty Bitty Show at Gallery Row in Gig Harbor, WA. March 12 – April 15, 2015. 6”X6” plaster, copper, dried botanicals (bark, lichen, maple leaf, bachelor button), acrylic & copper paint. #art #collage #JenniferChushcoff #gigharbor #byjenn #ittybittyartshow #Remnants #GalleryRow #byJenn #mixedmedia #wa #nature

Peony Encaustic 14″ x 14″ Leaf print from fresh peony plant, beeswax, transfer. Please inquire for price. #art #painting #peony #flower #chushcoff #encaustic #jennifer #mixedmedia #nature

Peony Encaustic 14″ x 14″ Leaf print from fresh peony plant, beeswax, transfer. Please inquire for price. #art #painting #peony #flower #chushcoff #encaustic #jennifer #mixedmedia #nature

One gift – twice the giving. I’m making a handful of these little glass worlds for the holidays and donating half of all proceeds to the Tacoma Rescue Mission. Shipping is 1.99. If you live in the Tacoma/Gig Harbor area, and want to save on shipping, we can arrange a pickup. Ingredients: ceramic animals, glass globes/drop, bottle brush trees, “snow,” hand gathered lichen and moss mounted to a wood slice. Approx. 4" X 3" Autumn’s End Shop #snow #bunny #bottlebrushtrees #deer #