What's New?
Lots of stuff! Summer Update
It's been a great 2024 so far. Teaching classes, connecting with other creative people, getting recognized, selling work, winning awards, and I am planning the publication of three more books based on the characters and images you see shown here below. Watch this space! And keep an eye on my social media posts!
Taken from the POP! Art with Mass Appeal Show Catalog:
Pregame Brawl: 1935 Acrylic on Canvas 16 x20 inches 2022 (shown here)
Spring Roster: 1934 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x20 inches 2024
'Through the teachings of Andrew Loomis, he learned that figure-drawing was a key element to many avenues related to pop-imagery and the storytelling process. The use of a more dramatic color palette is in keeping with the comic book tradition. Consequently, his subject matter ventures into issues related to ethnicity, economics, power-relationships, and a host of other social issues… all with a quirky, sideways grin from the left-hander’s perspective $600 Each'
PIRATES, PRISONERS, AND PLOWBOYS
Pirates
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Soon after relocating to gorgeous southern Maryland, I became interested in the history of the Chesapeake Bay. This study led me directly to global piracy and the resulting international repercussions.
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Two of my paintings of the Leavenworth Lifers, my fictional prison baseball team from the Depression era, were recently selected to be shown for the summer at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center. The show was curated by Keri A. Towler, the Director of Collections at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
From the POP! Art with
Two of my paintings of the Leavenworth Lifers, my fictional prison baseball team from the Depression era, were recently selected to be shown for the summer at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center. The show was curated by Keri A. Towler, the Director of Collections at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
From the POP! Art with Mass Appeal Show Catalog:
'The artworks she selected highlight themes, ideas, items and cultural touchstones that we all have a connection to. Many of the works in this show are colorful and fun but that does not mean that they are not also serious or responding to complicated social issues.'
Plowboys
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Team
Plowboys
This project picks up after the
climax of 'The Oath'.
With the setting located in the parched sand dunes of the Panhandle region of west Texas, we take a trip into the netherworld of the dispossessed farmers seeking both a steady job and self-respect.
POP! art with mass appeal
This show will run from May 3 to September 22 at
Annmarie Sculpture Gardens & Art Center
Solomons, Maryland - open daily 10-5
Two of Jay's recent paintings from his
Leavenworth Lifers Prison Baseball Series
'Spring Roster-1934' and 'Pre-game Brawl-1935'
have been accepted to this
juried exhibition showcasing contemporary
expressions of modern culture.