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These issues hit Cleveland, Ohio especially hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1673305001270-KZJL969B2POSSMKMIUGI/image-asset.jpg Work - Why I Vote A public service announcement, created in Illustrator, promoting specific reasons to vote. Part of an effort by a non profit to increase voter turnout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1648670888196-K59FMRL63BKWH3V5VOW3/image-asset.jpeg Work - I vote because... A public service design that promotes voting. Created for a non-profit organization to increase voter turnout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1673387226194-VOQOAP6W4OPAGB8N8HX8/image-asset.jpeg Work - Baby's first election A piece prepared for social media (Facebook and Instagram) to urge young parents to vote. Adobe Illustrator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1654871652111-N45IIYONQVRCZ94XTT41/image-asset.jpeg Work - Cleveland Waterfront A piece created in Illustrator for social media promoting a meeting where experts discuss the future of the Cleveland waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1635613422263-YUISVOY2UYD4DH52ZA0K/image-asset.jpeg Work - Voter Purge This illustration, of paper dolls representing voters of color, are shown being cut from voter rolls. This process, often haphazard, is often done for political reasons, to disenfranchise voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1615226397331-R21S54HNT2G3M5UHFSLF/image-asset.jpeg Work - Sustainability logo A logo, done in Illustrator, that can be used for any group promoting sustainable practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1646170942196-QDHBM1OVPUP7QP7WH2TZ/image-asset.jpeg Work - Are School Vouchers Legal A social media piece used to promote a forum on the legality of the EdChoice program in Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1615226931653-O26CBVYH5P9D98234M58/image-asset.jpeg Work - Diverse, sustainable affordable housing An image, created using Illustrator, promoting diverse, sustainable affordable housing. Used in a promotional piece for a local League of Women Voters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1673296296782-9CPNCDXFG7OC5MB4X3SI/image-asset.jpeg Work - Heat Island Lower middle class people often live and work in heat islands - areas with little shade, much heat absorbing materials, and minimal access to cooling. These heat islands occur in cities, suburbs and exurbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1638997100533-SSDTLQ359DPMW3LNN98I/image-asset.jpeg Work - Life in the time of Covid Everyone is masked in this winter city, trying to make connections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1580847899907-IAYS9GUADE8D9OJ4MZYB/image-asset.jpeg Work - Bankruptcy and Health Care Medicare for All is seen by many as a way to cut down on personal bankruptcies. This illustration was part of an article I wrote and published in Medium, titled: “Medical Bankruptcy, Should it be driving the debate on health care?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1568908754158-7UZ24Z0HGYZAT2TDAIIU/dinosaurrgb.jpg Work - Impact Medicare for All could take care of many problems, and create some new ones. This illustration appeared in a blog post which you can find at: https://thinkandparticipate.blogspot.com/2019/09/medicare-for-all.html Pen and ink, watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1559934420764-U1NJMQO7WLYDLEIZT8XA/elizabeth+copy.jpg Work - Warren's plan for student debt 2020 Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has a plan to lighten student loan debt. Pen and ink, ink and brush, watercolor, Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1568909532159-TGSIPPJWYFQW5SF7TJ3A/joefinalrgb.jpg Work - Can Biden save the Democrats? Joe Biden touts himself as the only candidate who can beat Trump in 2020. Part of a blog post that can be found at: https://thinkandparticipate.blogspot.com/2019/09/is-joe-biden-going-to-save-democrats-in.html Pen and ink, watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1568909716429-YDEM635Z5IKH2BO15XP8/bernie3rgb.jpg Work - Minimum wage Bernie Sanders want to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. This illustration was included in a blog post that you can find at: https://thinkandparticipate.blogspot.com/2019/08/bernie-sanders-wants-to-raise-federal.html pen and ink, watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1561050330516-EEWKOMZZZM93SQ46VDX1/elizabethplan+copy.jpg Work - "I have a plan for that" Elizabeth Warren has detailed plans for dealing with many issues facing the country. This strategy has helped her in the 2020 presidential polls. This piece is part of a series called “Leading Ladies”. Watercolor, pen and ink, gouache, Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1537659124937-NUE5S74Z2X789R89HC2O/parkingmeter.jpg Work - Time running out for gun lobby In the wake of the student-led movement for stricter gun control, are the days of the almost absolute power of the gun lobby almost over? Gouache and Photoshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1537659155386-Q8KWPUKFYETIXIZN6HDE/gasmask+copy+copy.jpg Work - Can Syria survive? Chemical warfare has affected all aspects of life in Syria. gouache, Photoshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1556897862203-RQMR3FLBM3NHX3IWVVGH/tomatoes+copy.jpg Work - Immigration and deportation Economic and societal impact of deportation in 2017. Pen and ink and watercolor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/57966c95d482e9d434bae00b/5e83a26ae8df632393185961/1673304674393/ Work https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/57966c95d482e9d434bae00b/63bc90c781d9e65df1f69779/1673304674423/ Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607097355342-9GR3VMI3U3EHAVLX747G/showflyer.jpg Work - From my Sketchbook: Watercolor Paintings Inspired by my sketches. A description of my art show that is being held at the Wellesley Free Library in Wellesley, MA from December 2, 2020 through December 31, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607097923386-6N9F9P6AJKK6OX91V1DM/adirondackchairs.jpeg Work - Adirondack Chairs A watercolor painting based on the sketch that follows. I used only three pigments for this painting: indigo, cadmium red and cadmium yellow. My aim was to keep it as loose as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607097987241-MSNANGDSUPXZIBJBV1O6/adirondacksketch.jpeg Work - Adirondack Chairs sketch A pencil sketch of my neighbors’ yard in winter. I used this sketch as an inspiration for the painting Adirondack Chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098040267-H9UFVQ807F6W2YVT3O5Z/broadmoor2.jpeg Work - Broadmoor Winter A watercolor painting inspired by a sketch I drew at the Broadmoor Audubon sanctuary in South Natick, Massachusetts. I changed the format of the painting to a “portrait” orientation from the “landscape” orientation of the sketch. I also increased the amount of liquid water in the foreground so that there wasn’t an even balance of white ice and green liquid water. I tightened up the contour line of the tree tops so that they fall along a single diagonal line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098073608-ISWGEHVYLHJNNRBUASHG/broadmoorsketch.jpeg Work - Broadmoor Winter sketch The sketch that inspired the painting “Broadmoor Winter”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098103045-04HXNGC61YAHEAL56QRZ/camdenrooftops.jpeg Work - Camden Rooftops A view from my hotel balcony, looking across the Megunticook River in Camden Maine. I used a 3 x 3 grid to tighten up the design of this painting, and the diagonals of the grid to line up most of the roof lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098781149-RFII6VCRGRF6BVIGCAF6/camdensketch.jpeg Work - Camden Rooftops sketch I spent a pleasant summer afternoon sketching this scene, looking across the Megunticook River in Camden, Maine from my hotel balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098170722-X85SS07VZTSDWTGP2NN1/fallT.jpeg Work - Fall T I enjoy sketching people while I am riding the green line subway into Boston. I was inspired by a man who was looking at his cell phone. Lots of people look at their phones while on the T - it seems so alienating. I added a wild fall scene outside the train - which no one is really looking at. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098207898-MNM12IZHTV80A1JSS6GY/fallTsketch.jpeg Work - Fall T sketch I drew this man while riding the T subway into Boston. I loved how he occupied the space - his right leg spilling into the aisle was wonderful to draw. I added more passengers to the watercolor painting, more of a subway interior and a scene of wild foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098288579-J0MQ6EK5CO7WZQ0PTB57/kittyhawk.jpg Work - Kitty Hawk This painting was inspired by a sketch I did at a beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and by my reaction to the environment. The weather was hot and humid, there was a brisk wind, and the ocean was churning. Although it was hot, I did not feel like going into the rough water. I use lots of repetition in this piece; it is verging on being abstract. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607030566822-6QRUM0KZN1MYI3QY9OYD/kittyhawksketch.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098316494-O065LI3SD2MHEUWIBOYX/mfa.jpeg Work - Art Lovers I did several drawings one day while I was visiting the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This painting combines figures from two sketches. The gallery space is from my imagination and memory. A key to this painting is knowing where the horizon was. I was sitting while I drew - therefore my horizon fell at about the sternum of the gallery goers. That made it straightforward to determine the heights of the people and the top of the doorway - all at different places in space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098344681-KX3ZTAAISQHZ33S213VR/mfa1sketch.jpeg Work - Male art lover sketch This sketch is one of the two that I combined to create Art Lovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098391380-SW0870J0HM3QXDAOIR3J/mfa2sketch.jpeg Work - Female Art Lover sketch This sketch is the second one that I used to create the painting Art Lovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098417573-RO9CF8GLHQTNMU7SRM4N/morsespond.jpeg Work - Morses Pond I did a simple sketch at Morses Pond in Wellesley, MA of a lifeguard. This painting has a background that I added from memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098445864-YCP8QVCCE5EF40IY5DO1/morsepondsketch.jpeg Work Morses Pond sketch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098483645-BZLBSR4JJKQ3CUJ391HT/motherandchild.jpeg Work - Mother and Child I often draw at my local mall - the Natick Mall. This painting was inspired by a drawing I did of a man, a woman and a young child in an umbrella stroller. I decided not to incorporate the man in this piece. I did want the environment to be a mall, so I had to create various interiors, shoppers and workers. Because there was so much going on in the design, I decided to limit my color palette to blue, orange, yellow and violet. I also kept the people other than the mother very simple - using “modeling” with just a few shades of paint to indicate the figures. This painting could have been very confusing if I had not limited the values and hues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098517777-8AVSOT72EMWMFNQHPPKT/mallmomsketch.jpeg Work - Mother and Child sketch I found the woman’s pose in this sketch very appealing. I decided that having the man in the final painting wasn’t going to help it - so I did not use him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098546985-9TDLUOJYPVNP7EXMLDZW/storyteller.jpeg Work - Story Teller This painting departs most from the sketch that inspired it. In the sketch, the emphasis was on the viewers at a story telling event that I attended in Boston. When I started to work on the composition of the painting, I felt that emphasizing the backs of people was not that interesting. I then spent a lot of time on a composition that I ultimately rejected, which showed a profile view of the storyteller telling her story, and several audience members - most of whom were also in profile. I finally decided to concentrate on the story teller. I dealt with the audience members and the waitress in a very simplified manner. I used a blue orange color scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098574194-BAZSZKRSIO92CLZT6A4N/storytellersketch.jpeg Work - Story Teller sketch What I loved about this sketch was the expressive poses of the audience members. Ultimately, I abandoned this viewpoint, but I kept/modified the hand gesture of the story teller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098604426-2TCYN3HZCB2T8C2NW52X/wellesleyfarms.jpeg Work - Wellesley Farms Station I love trains and train stations. There are a few within walking distance of my house. I especially like the view into the space under the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607098631070-2069CA9TCKE360KHI4CS/wellesleyfarmssketch.jpeg Work - Wellesley Farms Station sketch I did not change the painting too much from this sketch. Mostly I fixed the perspective of the retaining wall on the lower right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1470341950299-ENQ3CRQBS62HD2GN609S/074+%282%29-3.JPG Work - Man at Dormer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1572103897866-BHWLDG2JSKG2I7XT3F6H/dinosaurrgb.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607102284416-CIKJLC08N77LXV03C28H/broadmoor2+copy.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1607097355342-9GR3VMI3U3EHAVLX747G/showflyer.jpg Work - From my Sketchbook: Watercolor Paintings Inspired by my sketches. A description of my art show that is being held at the Wellesley Free Library in Wellesley, MA from December 2, 2020 through December 31, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1653600243135-KDVAJJMIRCT0Q0S4YGZK/dinosaurrgb.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1673296207889-DNPCC5QQF989H1JGBLO1/HeatIsland2.jpg Work http://www.joansavitt.com/about daily 1.0 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/5ddefd61-0d10-49d3-8c43-5160ff6dd17b/newcard9-01.jpg Home page - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1653599007701-9LXDTTX4FM4PW7DDCDM1/newlogo2.jpg Home page http://www.joansavitt.com/clients-1 daily 0.75 2023-01-10 http://www.joansavitt.com/about-2 daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57965c8915d5dbf9715d4692/1505158708224-ADLXP9BL5H4Q28GEN5LA/joan.jpg About