Author: BunkoJess

Jessica Spires was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1973. Spires is predominantly a painter but also enjoys photography and sculpture. She considers it all practice. Owner of GuitarPartsFactory.com she is a serious business lady by day. When she isn't being a workaholic she spends her down time cooking, gardening, listening to live music and loving her family. Guitar and music symbols are often incorporated with nature themes in her whimsical, colorful folk paintings signed with her nickname: BunkoJess. Spires currently splits her time living and working in Millersport, OH and Nashville, TN.

Winterfest Fishing Lures

Having a little fun drawing and painting fishing lures for our annual Buckeye Lake Winterfest. It’s basically an excuse to get drunk the last weekend of January here on our little Ohio lake. Why not participate? Some of the bait I will have on my table at the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club!

Good Luck Sun

2020 Full Speed Ahead.

Christmas Art Supplies

Lucky me unwrapped tons of art supplies today. Using them up. #redpoppy #plazaart #sweethusband

Peacock Feather

I really want to paint a wall of peacock feathers. I can’t quit thinking about doing it but I also can’t imagine how many hours I would spend doing it. All of my favorite colors over and over again.

Another Little Turtle

Tiny turtle in the swirly sea. #tinypainting

Brunch & Art w/ Chef Brooke

Spent some of our family Sunday hours with one of my oldest friends at her event space, Bleu & Fig, in Columbus, Ohio. Just us enjoying her beautifully prepared brunch. Indulging, laughing and painting. The sun poured into her showcase windows full of plants. I sketched us out a quick sun and moon to paint. Charlie opted for a bird. Shop keepers are always exhausted. Shop keepers are always working. For a few hours we just relaxed.

You can’t make old friends but you can make time for them. Good life happens when we decide to be present.

ArtCoz Zanesville Holiday ArtFest

A long time ago I signed up to have a table at the Welcome Center in Zanesville, OH at the Holiday ArtFest sponsored by ArtCoz. Last week as it neared I was sure I was blowing it off. Shows like this and audiences make me extremely uncomfortable. I decided discomfort would be good for me. I went through with tagging all of my art for sale and going to the show. Then I went live on Facebook while there. I am a goofball but I made it through it and I had a wonderful day. Moving forward I am going to just get weird and do things I think about doing. Disregard how I look while doing it. Not care so much if someone doesn’t like what I present.
What am I waiting on?