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 Jeff-Bart, Looking to the
Left $0.00 Oil pastel on mylar; matted behind glass with light maple frame. Image: 21" x 16 1/2"; Frame: 28 1/2" x 23 3/4" Bart is a carriage horse in Philadelphia. He is a Percheron, a breed of horse developed in France originally as mounts for knights in heavy armor, thus the heavy-shouldered strength, powerful neck, and wide flanks and haunches of the horse. Now Percerons carry other warriors - tourists in carriages amidst heavy and impatient traffic. This is not a political or social work of art, however. It is simply a response to the energy, movement and color of a great being. Please click on Bart.
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 Jeff-In a Field before
the Snow comes $450.00 Oil on masonite panel; mounted on wooden backing cradle and framed with pine lattice. Image: 16 1/2" x 12"; Frame: 17 1/2" x 13". This work was painted in a Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, field immediately before it began snowing. The field is typical in this area where horses and riders come through breaks in the hedgerows along paths followed by deer and foxes. Although the day was very overcast, it shed that odd light found when the clouds are filled with snow. Please click on field. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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 Jeff-Still Life with
Aristide Bruant $450.00 Oil on paper; matted and framed behind glass in an off-white metal frame. Image: 11 1/2" x 14 1/4"; Frame: 16 1/2" x 19". "Aristide Bruant" rrefers to the famous Toulouse-Latrec poster of the late 19th century cabaret singer with that name. The poster is used as part of a still life that includes a copper kettle filled with dried vegetation spaying out from it. Colors and drawing are altered so that the focus remains on the "movement and light" of the composition, which I usually find to be the true subject of the still lifes I create and observe. This is one of several variations I have made on this theme. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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 Jeff-Nude
Oil on paper; matted and framed behind glass in a light maple frame. Image: 8" x 7 1/2"; Frame: 15" x 14 1/2". As with portraiture, when I paint the figure it is with a hope of finding not only the standard sense of proportionate representation, but also the mystery of the movement and energy that is miraculously conveyed by a person presenting herself or himself without the mask of clothing. Color is an important tool when I attempt to represent this mystery. Click on figure.
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 Jeff-Ole
Lem in Brown Coat $500.00 Oil on masonite panel; mounted on wooden cradle and framed with pine lattice. Image: 16" x 18 1/2"; Frame: 17" x 19 1/2". Lem has been modeling for portrait painters for years in Philadelphia. Gaunt and gray, he wears an eye patch over his right eye that rides high onto his forehead. Although I strive to find a "likeness" of a sitter in the traditional sense, I also seek a likeness based on mood and movement and the information all of us impart, unconsciously, to others through color and light. Click on painting. [Add to Cart] [View Cart] |
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 Jeff-Vinkel
$0.00 Pastel over dry point; matted and framed behind glass with walnut frames. Image: 6" x 5"; Frame: 14 1/2" x 13 1/4". The Philadelphia Zoo is home to two white lionesses, Vinkel and Jezebel (below). They are actually a light tawny color, but that's close enough to white to be classified as such. They are wonderful creatures, and I frequently sketch them and their more normally colored African lion colleagues, Merlin and Zenda. (The white lions came from South Africa where their survival is made difficult by their noncamouflaged, striking appearance.) Click on Vinkel.
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 Jeff-White Lion $0.00 Vinkel and White Lion (Jezebel) were made from sketches at the Philadelphia Zoo. First, the image was scratched into a plate to create a dry-point etching with sepia ink. Next Jeff drew over the printed image with pastel to create the final color image. Click on Jezebel.
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