1. Bears, Bulls & the Big Board Reflections in paint on the financial market of our time. Copyright 2009 – Jodi Endicott – All Rights Reserved

2. In 1996, during the last major recession, Jodi Endicott found that embarking on a new career as an artist was nearly impossible. She sought to understand why and began looking at the financial system for answers. She saw that the stock market was really a metaphor for life's universal emotions of faith, hope, despair, and greed. Endicott began to paint bears, bulls and traders.

3. “Bear & Bull” (detail) 4’ x 7’ oil, acrylic, crayon, oil stick, graphite on canvas.

4. “Bear & Bull” (detail) 4’ x 7’ Oil, acrylic, crayon, oil stick, graphite on canvas

5. “Two Bears” 3’ x 5’ Oil, acrylic, graphite on canvas

6. “Two Bears” (detail)

7. “Bull” 4’ x 7’ Oil, acrylic, crayon, oil stick, graphite on canvas.

8. “Traders/ 911” 4’ x 7’ Oil, acrylic, gesso, oil stick, graphite on canvas

9. “Traders/ 911” ( detail)

10. “The Pit” 3’ x 6’ Oil, crayon, acrylic, pencil on canvas.

11. “The Scream” 3’ x 8’ Oil, acrylic, crayon, pencil on board

12. “The Color of Money” 3’ x 7.5’ Oil, acrylic, pencil, crayon on board

13. “The Color of Money” (detail)

14. Eventually, Endicott began to trade stocks. She became aware that the market was based on a series of repeating patterns. As a result, she started painting patterns of nests.

15. “Nest Egg” 3’ x 8’ Oil, acrylic, graphite, gel

16. “Nest Egg” (Detail) 3’ x 8’ Oil, acrylic, graphite, gel

17. With the recent cataclysmic stock market decline, Endicott searched for more insights into stock movements, she discovered the 300-year-old Japanese Candlestick charting method. Endicott became fascinated by the dramatic impact these patterns have over human behavior, as everyday, around the world, people use this elegant system to buy and sell stocks. As she was intrigued by this visual language, she started to paint these patterns.

18. “Japanese Candlesticks” 9 of 66 patterns 12” x 12” Oil, acrylic, crayon, pencil on canvas. Installation variable.

19. “Inverted Hammer” 12” x 12”

20. “Harami Cross” 12” x 12”

21. “Engulfing” 12” x 12”

22. During the summer of 2007, Endicott started a series of highly-energetic and emotive water paintings. These works captured the market’s tumultuous movements at that time.

24. “Convergence” (detail) 3’ x 4’ Oil, Acrylic

25. “Summer Wave” 5’ x 12’ Acrylic, oxides

26. “Summer Wave” (detail)

27. With the upheaval in early 2009, Endicott’s research led her to the Dow Theory, which defines the market in terms of an ocean with waves, ripples, and tides. As a result, she started to see the stock market movements as giant waves and created water paintings of specific charts and patterns.

28. “Study of the Dow (1900 – 2008)” 18" x 36“ Oil, acrylic 2009

29. “Study of the Dow (1900 – 2008)” (detail)

30. “Double Bottom” 18” x 36” Oil & Acrylic

31. “Sideways Movement” 40” x 120” Acrylic, oxides

32. “Sideways Movement” (detail)

33. “Study of the Dow (1960 -1980)” Oil, acrylic 18" x 36" 2009

34. “Study of the Dow (1960 – 1980)” detail

35. Endicott is currently creating other water paintings based on indexes around the world, such as the Nikkei, FTSE, and DAX.

36. “These works reflect our financial system as a convergence of contemporary society with the more primitive and unchanging attributes of human nature, mainly faith, hope, despair and greed. I believe this series defines the market as a continuum of universal emotions that parallel everyday life. It is the ebb and flow of the good with the bad that makes us appreciate the better times we seek. Now is the time to focus on the good. It is my intent to exhibit these works to create a greater understanding of our time. I would be grateful for any suggestions or referrals for acquisitions and/or exhibitions that will help to achieve this goal. “ Jodi Endicott jodiendicott@gmail.com www,jodiendicott.com