'Working Forward, Weaving Anew'. 2017.
The City of Tacoma requested a contemporary historical mural for the downtown Prairie Line Trail public art walk. The design features stories of the cedar tree from the perspective of the first peoples in the Puyallup tribe. As the mural moves to the right, the history of cedar becomes a story of European commodities and production in the growing city of Tacoma. Research and collaboration took place with historians and the Puyallup tribe of Tacoma.
Exterior Mural and Plasma Cut Steel. 275' x 55'.
Location: 7 Seas Brewery and Taproom-2101 Jefferson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
Collaboration with EcoMurals. Steel fabricated by Lucas Brinkerhoff.
https://www.prairielinetrail.org/site/working-forward-weaving-anew
Inspired by the timeless craft of botanical engraving, this piece celebrates six of the most beloved plants in the Mountain Rose Herbs apothecary: nettle, rose, calendula, vanilla, hibiscus, and echinacea. Each plant is honored for its healing properties, its lineage in herbal tradition and its enduring connection to the natural world.
Thanks to McMinnville for bringing us in to paint this design that features my fiddle as well as crabapple, poppy, checkermallow and Pacific rhododendron while bees weave between them all.
Thank you to TurningArt for these beautiful install photos! I’m always grateful for collaborators who value bringing human designed, hand-painted art into everyday environments.
This piece is a love letter to that fleeting moment when the city shifts into spring and everything softens blooms and feels full of possibility. I focused on layered greens, soft light and the quiet energy of renewal that shows up this time of year in the Pacific Northwest.
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Workplace art has a unique role that shapes how a space feels day to day. My goal with this mural was to offer an homage to Portland and a sense of calm movement and seasonal connection for the people who experience it each day.
They will also be using this space for presentations, but in the meantime a digital copy of the mural is featured onscreen. A creative solution to tie the artwork into this multi-use space
I was honored to paint for the new Portland Living Building, a truly incredible space that is paving the way for others to learn from. After a year in the making of outdoor research, site visits and design drafts, I created each mural to represent a local ecoregion. This series brings together my rural Oregon roots & natural history, love of these wild places and bold design inspired by the fibonacci spiral.
I was honored to paint for the new Portland Living Building, a truly incredible space that is paving the way for others to learn from. After a year in the making of outdoor research, site visits and design drafts, I created each mural to represent a local ecoregion. This series brings together my rural Oregon roots & natural history, love of these wild places and bold design inspired by the fibonacci spiral.
Funky PNW themed mural design and installation full of raindrops, foliage, geese and textures of my homestate to life.
Street painting at the yearly Madonnari street painting event known as Art Along the Rogue. I foraged around my neighborhood and found gorgeous colors and textures in apples, figs, wilting flowers, crinkled leaves and featured my fiddle in the center.
Grants Pass, Oregon 2023
Mural by Jess Brinkerhoff, a Business Mural located in Tacoma Washington. Jess designs custom meaningful murals that enrich public spaces for over 15 years.
This project for Eugene‘s Municipal Court community resource room brought the color and beauty of our native plant community as a metaphor to a space that provides services for those going through the community court system. It is a meeting space for helping folks get a leg up and out of the toughest situations our community faces in homelessness, addiction, employment and mental health. Truly an honor to paint for the fantastic ladies of community court and get to know such a compassionate and powerful team. Thanks to Urban Canvas for coordinating and a successful first time working together!
Featured native plants, include: pacific dogwood, California poppy, salmonberry, columbine, camas, maidenhair fern, sword fern, trillium, fawn lily, delphinium, bleedingheart, checkermallow, monkeyflower