Selected Series

The themes in this series aim to create a platform to investigate our place within the wider cultural and emotional landscape focusing on identity, memory, nostalgia, and narratives that glorify the individual subject as well as the connections to others and place. They highlight the juxtaposition between subject and place with some connections to powerful women in art history.  These works are created in oil and form puzzling double exposures.

​​Jessica Russo Scherr uses her own photography as a foundational element in her printmaking, transforming captured images into intricate prints. These works are characterized by their depth and complexity, effectively layering visual elements to create rich, textured compositions. This process highlights Jessica's ability to bridge photography and printmaking, offering a unique perspective on familiar scenes and fostering a deeper appreciation of their cultural significance.

This exhibition is focused on the borders we create and the tension that is fueled by a line on a map. It also asks the question, should we all be citizens of the world? Borders change over time sometimes through violence, other times land is traded or sold peacefully or it is parceled out through international agreements. Borders can be open or heavily militarized. They can be geographic or established through agreements between political or social entities. What is a border but a line drawn on a map?

Jessica posts on various social media accounts documenting her journey and the artworks that she creates. Here are some that hit millions.

See more on her Instagram, TikTok and YouTube @bluelavaart

Learn more about this process and see the videos here

Viral Videos

YouTube Waffle House Double Print

Eyes are the windows to our souls but when they are closed what happens. Closed eyes are a metaphor that can open-ended interpretation. We close our eyes for rest and peace but in doing so we lose connections to our family, community, and sight of what is really going on in our world. However, you cannot survive with your eyes wide open all the time. 

The series contains a variety of media from collage, pen, paint and mixed media.

Envelop is a series based on healing from trauma.  The series is both photographic and is ideally viewed as a large scale installation or in video format.  These are only a few images to represent the body of work.