Jacinta Bunnell…a Medal for Honesty
by Jay Blotcher
“I love when that happens,” Bunnell said. “And I think for a really long time, I’ve tricked myself into thinking that I’m not into spirituality.”
Bagel Benders is hardly a tony gallery, but that is the point for Bunnell, who champions the democracy of art. She places more value on transfusing children with the hunger for self-expression than in gaining plaudits for her own work.
In coloring book workshops, Bunnell repeatedly discovers that the next generation has resisted narrow “pink-is-for-girls” worldviews. Their work is “so smart and so savvy and so inspiring, I cry almost every time.”
Bunnell is currently working on a third coloring book designed to challenge conventional life, but demurs when asked for the title. Occasionally she wonders if her coloring books will attract conservative groups demanding she end her subversive attacks on the American status quo. ”But my passion and my emotions and my intellect say, ‘This is the most important work that you could be doing in the world right now.’”
Jacinta Bunnell art opening at Bagel Benders, 319 Wall Street in Kingston. Reception on Saturday, May 3 from 6-9pm. (845) 331-7350. To see more artwork from Jacinta Bunnell, visit www.parthenialoyal.etsy.com. To order her coloring books, visit: www.girlsnotchicks.com/
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