Shards. 2010, 56 x 72″, oil on canvas . Highbeams, 2010, 32 x 42″, oil on canvas . Winter Scene,
Artist Statement My motto is be humble and stay busy, so I’m always working on either my poetry or art.
Maybe This Will Stop The Tide, 18” x 20”, oil on linen, 2010 Relative Safety, 18” x 20”,
Artist Statement Stemming from my own experience as an African American woman of mixed heritage, my work has been an
Artist’s Statement Film, obsession and beauty The focus of my work is in the chance union of forms, symbols, images
Artist Bio Jake Messing was born in Northern California in 1982. He graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Parsons
1) Not yet titled, 2010 32″ x 24″ acrylic . 2) “Free as Air and Water” 2010 32″ x 24″ acrylic
Tough Love 2009 acrylic on masonite 11” x 17” Rapunzel 2008 acrylic on masonite 18” x 24” out of sorts
Artist Statement I work exclusively with landscape in my oil on canvas paintings, using that theme as a platform to