Jay Jacobs

This body of work is a confluence of quite a few different creative catalysts. Parts of it are inspired by a lesson that I taught at the Jesse Norman School of the Arts about an artist named El Anatsui and his assembledges. Parts of it are pure catharsis with limited regard for final product (and sometimes downright crude) Some of it is just the result of revisiting the act of moving paint around for no other reason than the joy derived from the exercise itself. Sometimes the pieces get hard to see while sitting so close to them so I’m very grateful to be able to lay it all out, stand back, and look at it with some distance and some company.