Original artwork description:

This work is a collaboration with Henri Matisse (La Danse, 1909), perhaps David Hockney (grid theme), and certainly my friend Elen who has an MFA degree in dance and who pole dances for fitness. This work is a release for me and a bold departure exploring a new series of work.

‘Circus of the Sun’ is an original, one of a kind artwork by Darren Jekel and it is signed and titled on the back. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.

Description: “This large painting has areas of bold texture and color across the canvas surface. It's striking colorful palette consists of reds, blues, and yellows.

Shipping: “This artwork is offered UN-STRETCHED and shipped rolled in a tube. This makes it much more affordable and safer to transport. When stretched, the painting imagery extends around the edges, which allows the painting to look great with or without a decorative frame.”

Master of Visual Art Degree - MFA, Maryland Institute, Mt. Royal School of Painting.
Bachelor Arts Degree – BA, University of California, Davis

Primary Influences: Wayne Thiebaud, who taught me how to oil paint at UC Davis; Renaissance; Raphael drawings; Post-Impressionists, Matisse & Van Gogh; Abstract Expressionists, Willem de Kooning & Cy Twombly; Neo-Expressionist, Anselm Kiefer; Currently I am not relating to Post-Modernism’s irony and I am exploring Meta-modern earnestness. I am interested in meaningfulness and not the ubiquitous decorative painting that is primarily meant to enhance the space it’s in.

Darren Jekel is married and fathers two daughters in northern California’s wine growing region.

Materials used:

Oil, emulsion, charcoal on stretched canvas

Tags:

#oil painting #red #dance #expressive #blue #yellow #fun #nudes #large painting #matisse #vibrant colors #dancing abstract #modern painting