HER Own A Solo Show by Jessica da Costa
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A creative series of copper sculptural paintings spanning the year of 2022 and converging into one exhibit by Jessica da Costa.
Using weathered copper relics of the past, Jessica mixes displays of new copper paintings that move with sculpted creatures floating and leaping from the copper sheets and adding the nostalgic folk art of the weathervane.
HER Own falling, flying, leaping, buzzing, and becoming is offered as a shared experience intended to extract redemption from the messes. HER Own experiences and delights in the darkness guided by the courage to be vulnerable enough to be seen. These visual stories are both personal and universal. With intentions of serving the individual and the observer in the need of mythologization of the local environment and the world, in keeping the new vision of the universe alive. Throughout the last few years of crisis, we have had the opportunity to go within and find resilience, stamina, and inner strength, through reflection and exploration of our inner self rather than focusing on the outer.
We invite you to explore the moment in relationship to each copper creation.
Opening reception during Georgetown Art Attack
November 12th 2022
12-7pm
Jessica Grace da Costa became an artist and lover of nature at an early age. Mentored by her Artist Grandmother who created art in several mediums including oil-painting Jessica become a lifelong learner of various mediums. She then reacquainted herself with her love of sculpture after moving to Portland Oregon where she was taught by a woman sculptor who made an enormous impact on Jessica’s artistic career.
Jessica exhibited paintings in Newport RI while earning her Cosmetology degree and then she learned the art of copper weathervanes by apprenticing in New England in the mid-1990's. Her passion for researching, sketching, and building each piece of her own sculptural copper art has remained constant.
While raising two children, Jessica created weathervanes in her distinct style using the name Copper Maiden for over a decade and her weathervanes now adorn homes and gardens all over the world.
Following 20 years of copper and weathervane artistry, her signature nature and myth inspired art continues to capture the attention of collectors nationwide. Jessica finds joy in working with this radiant copper metal as well as the process of hand cutting, forming, and detailing to bring out natural characteristics of warmth and light. In Recent years Jessica has created numerous sculptural wall paintings and much of the ideas are born from dreams and stories both ancient and modern.