Jeannie O’Connor

My work is located in a space between photography and painting. My studio is in the heart of West Oakland, which has been going through a rapid gentrification since I moved there in 2008.

Abandoned building surfaces become sites of turf wars between taggers and landlords, resulting in alternating layers of paint and graffiti.

My photographic images document a moment in time, and are often architectural. My painting and collage, added later by printing on clear film and adding hand worked layers below, work in slow time, addressing the feelings and memories evoked by the image.