Original artwork description:

This mixed media artwork, is a bold drawing on archival matboard with a smooth finish. The title and text is cryptic and open to interpretation. I frequently explore the theme however, 'There is no paradise', and there is also a personal narration concerning my mother.

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

Shipping: “This artwork is offered shipped carefully in a box ready to hang in a commonly sized frame.

Master of Visual Art Degree - MFA, Maryland Institute
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:

ink, mixed on matboard

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