Recap – Transliteration at 323 East Gallery

Dennis Jacobs

Dan Armand

Last year, I was lucky enough to be invited by 323 East Gallery to be part of a two person show in 2012. That show, featuring my work and the work of Dan Armand opened this past Saturday. The show, titled “Transliteration” featured work that spanning multiple mediums. In all, the show featured 33 pieces, including collage, paintings, and sculptures, all with underlying, often political, literary themes.

Much more, including photos from the opening behind the cut.

Recap: Snowflakes + Candy Canes @ 323East

323 East‘s opened their holiday show, Snowflakes + Candy Canes on December 3rd. What is unique about this show is that each piece is priced at $250 or lower (with most pieces being much lower) and the ability of the collector to take home a piece as soon as it is purchased. 323 East did an excellent job curating the show, with standout work by Charmaine Olivia, Kelly Louise Judd, and Megan Frauenhoffer.

Other artists include: Dan Armand, Miss April, Audrey Pongracz, Tim Gralewski, Sheri Debow, Jacqui Gallant, Dennis Jacobs, Maria Finna, DeEtta Harris, Himamshu Sharma, Christen Spencer, Nicole Cummings, Grant Gilliand, Marsha Spaniel, Talking Squid, Christine Benjamin, Matt Eaton, Brian Rubenacker, Robin Dunivant, Cedric Tai, Peter DeAngelo, Mike Han, and Robert Keith.

Charmaine Olivia

See more pictures from the show behind the cut.

Recap: Layers @ Rivers Edge

Saturday night was the opening of Layers at Rivers Edge Gallery. The 2nd floor walls were jam packed with work from Dennis Jacobs, Jeremy Hansen, Eddie Thiel and Rudy Salazar. Not only did they produce a ton of individual pieces, all the guys worked in different pairs on collaborations. These are my favorites from each artist:

Eddie Thiel

Jeremy Hansen

Rudy Salazar

Dennis Jacobs

Lots more pictures behind the cut, but as always, my photography never does the show justice. In fact, there are many more pieces to be seen in person that didn’t photograph well enough. The amount of work that these guys did is staggering. If you’re interested in any of these pieces, contact Rivers Edge.

See the whole photo gallery…

Layers Group Show @ Rivers Edge Gallery, August 7th

I was invited to be part of a four person group show at River’s Edge Gallery, in Wyandotte, with three other artists, Jeremy Hansen, Eddie Thiel, and Rudy Salazar III. The show, titled “Layers” will consist of over 30 individual pieces as well as a few collaborations. “Layers” opens August 7th at 6pm and will run through the 27th. Select pieces from the show will also be on display at the People’s Art Festival on August 28th-29th where we will also be painting live. The show can also be viewed on the River’s Edge online gallery. Below is a preview of some of our work for the show.

Dennis Jacobs

Eddie Thiel

Rudy Salazar III

Jeremy Hansen

Sylvia by Dennis Jacobs

I completed a mixed media painting this weekend, entitled Sylvia. The piece measures 12″ x 16″ and is made of hand cut spraypaint stencils over collage on board. Below is the process by which I created the piece.

As with any painting I do, I start by laying down a base layer of collage. With this particular piece I used clippings from vintage magazines, anatomy books, old magazine ads, maps, newspaper, and photos from military books.

This particular painting required two stencils, based on a digital illustration, to complete. Rather than printing and cutting one stencil for each color I instead use the each stencil for multiple colors. For example, I will cut out the sections that for red, spray it, then tape them back into place. I will then cut out the black sections and spray them. This helps to make sure the registration of the stencil is correct and also saves time on cutting stencils. While this does result in the stencil being destroyed, I only make one off paintings, so I will never need to reuse a stencil. If i were to begin doing multiple paintings of a single image, I would then create one stencil per color needed.

See more process pictures as well as the completed painting after the break