Just a little bit about our featured artist this month Jeanne Johngren. She started her artistic life in Paris sketching in the wonderful museums, the onto NY and filmaking. She was one of the first producing videos for early MTV. She's always had an attraction to both storytelling and visual art (She studied English Lit @ Yale).
"As a film producer," recounts Johngren, "I always thought 'big picture.' But now the jewelry I design fills my world with a desire to uncover the story hidden in each stone. Discovering the storyline in each combination is a wonderfully rewarding process." She draws inspiration from the ancient and modern alike. Byzantine mosaics, stained glass windows, and carved architectural details present enduring textures and proportions that are repositories of intrigue for the modern viewer. In addition, she is influenced by the work of artists of past and present, such as El Greco, Gustav Klimt, and Mark Rothko.(from her website http://www.jeannejohngren.com/catalog/bio.php )
Her pieces are delicately beautiful. Her stones are chosen specifically for excellence in cut, clarity, and color.
Another example of her integrity as an artist she 'gives back' a portion of her proceeds towards programs that help and support women. All in all this artist's work is a must see. Come visit our Regan National Airport store for a trunkshow of her work starting on or around 6/26/09

We're Back!

After a long time of 'air silence' AKS (As Kindred Spirits) has decided to create a cyber presence. We've had our website: askindredspirits.com for some time with an ability to answer queries from some of our far flung fans (especially those who frequent our Reagan National Airport store) as well as new fans who discover us on the web. Now we are trying out a couple social networking sites, Facebook: As Kindred Spirits Stores, and Twitter: AKS Stores, in addition to this blog. The attempt is to allow our customers and fans the opportunity to hear, in a more up to the minute fashion, what's happenning at our stores, what new artists and merchandise we have, as well as a quick and direct line in for trunk shows, events and specials being offered.

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