Prints

Posted on January 27, 2021February 3, 2021 Posted in art, art prints, jas. mardis, MardisTagged black art, Gallery, Jas, jas. mardis, MardisLeave a comment

11″ x 17″ color prints on acid-free Fine Art Paper are $200 per item, s/h included in the price within the United States using Ground Postal rates. Expedited FedEx shipping will be quoted.

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“Yal Royalty” is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

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Yal Royalty 11″x17″

“Yal Royalty” is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

$200.00

“Amazing Grace” _Light is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

Amazing Grace (Light)

“Amazing Grace” (Light) is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

$200.00

“Amazing Grace” _Color is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

“Amazing Grace” (Color)

“Amazing Grace” (Color) is available on 11″x17″ acid-free coated German Etching Fine Art Paper.

$200.00

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HOME Exhibition Opens

Posted on June 1, 2020June 8, 2020 Posted in Art QuiltingTagged black art, crowns, Dallas, Gallery, James Mardis, Jas, jas. mardis, Leather, love field, Mardis, Pyrography, Series, south, TexasLeave a comment

KODAK Digital Still Camera

Love Field Airport has featured me for the second 2020 exhibition: Jas MARDIS:HOME for the month of June. The highlight of this exhibition is a fabric and leather piece from the series, Mothers & Sons: “Sons of Her Thunder” subtitle: “Not Another Boy Harmed!”. Select pieces from my “Just A Crown” series on pedestals and two leather burned portraits on new stands complete the display.

Dallas Love Field Airport featuring Jas Mardis: HOME

“Sons of Her Thunder” uses a leather drawn image and a printed image on cloth with the backdrop of an andinkra symbol for energy. John and James, “The Sons of Thunder” from Luke 9:54 who asked Jesus of their enemies, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” In Matthew 20:20 their Mother famously asks Jesus if her sons could sit in an exalted place in Heaven. In consideration of the current climate I offered a twist on a Mother’s response. “Rain Thunder, Lord, on those who would harm my sons! Bring them home to sit beside me!”

Poem: Did You Know…

Posted on May 28, 2020 Posted in Art Quilting, poetryTagged anthology, flirting, Jas, jas. mardis, Mardis, Poetry

AUDIO: Did You Know…

Did you know that

tonight in your face

between the opening and closing

and pressing together again

of your lips

in laughter and saying what you like

in smiling in smirking and silliness

in being beautiful and funny

in spite of your hiding it

I saw every ounce of your desire

It was in the way you drank

your request for the red ménage

and the way of your unabashed hand

delicate and firm and certain

your palm

against the crown of my hand

warm like the fountain of wanting

carrying you through the unmanned hours of the new house nights

the air pressing against your skin

the towels falling away

your hair damp and dreaming of gray

it was in the way you sat

perched at the head of someone else’s table

me to your right hand

others watching through the door frame

seeking out the lifted eye of your invitation to the laughter and chatter

waiting on the red river of your lips

to break into an ocean of white toothed welcoming

and me

wanting more and even more

of them at the gates

even now

that table long emptied and wiped of joy

even now

I find myself looking to my left

hoping for just your laughter

or the delicious surrender of cashews

riding melting salt crystals onto your tongue

crossing that red parted pillow of your lips

being caught as any fool would desire

in the white pressure of your first teeth

surrendering like prey

to the succulent science of

such a small bite

of such a delightful desire

to satisfy your late and getting later

night hungers

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Jas. Mardis is an awarded Poet, Writer and Fabric Artist living in Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro area.

I Don’t Want It All Back

Posted on May 21, 2020 Posted in eyes, jas. mardis, love, Mardis, memoir, poetry, Poetry and loveTagged aloneness, flirting, Jas, jas. mardis, Mardis, PoetryLeave a comment

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I don’t want it all back

just that one morning

when I put my phone on the bumper

and you wore that orange shirt dress

and shook your head

at the idea that everything was going to

work out

that the angle was right

not to cut off our heads

not to slip off the bumper

when the ten second timer hit

not to have a hundred shots of sky

on nights like this

in the middle of the moon

when the phone has six thousand pics

and only one

of big hair an ebony hue an orange blur

and endless

endless

blue sky

. (Oh, well…)

Jas. Mardis