Beginning on Friday, September 6, 2019 and running through the 15th, Las Manos will be presenting paintings and drawings from Jeffrey Janson. The show will consist of new exploratory paintings and older work that has not been previously seen at Las Manos.
This past summer Jeffrey has been mixing his oil paint with wax in order to make sgraffito paintings. The definition of sgraffito is to scrape away to reveal an underlying color and he uses this technique to depict meaningful objects of a recently departed friend. The inclusion of satellites and other space objects within these paintings is a nod to this summers 50th anniversary of Apollo moon landing, an event that acts as both a nostalgic touchstone and apt metaphor. Many of these new paintings might be described as white lines emerging out of the blackness and the color black works as a conceptual anchor in many of Jeffrey's new paintings.
In addition the show will include new plein air paintings and two early large abstract drawings. It will be a nice cross section of Jeffrey's work.
Join us on Friday, September 6 from 6 to 9 for the opening reception, the garden will be open.
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| Jeffrey Janson - Alstos, 2019 - Oil on Board - 26x24 inches |
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| Jeffrey Janson - Breckinridge - Oil on Panel |
