Original artwork description:

This work is a collaboration with Henri Matisse (La Danse, 1909), perhaps David Hockney (grid theme), and certainly my friend Elen who has an MFA degree in dance and who pole dances for fitness. This work is a release for me and a bold departure exploring a new series of work.

Darren Jekel is an American oil painter from California and is emerging steadily in the bay area art scene. Solo exhibitions of his paintings include the notable Dolby Chadwick gallery in San Francisco and he has over 300 of his professional level artworks cataloged. Jekel is in the historical position of being both the student of the ground breaking pop artist, Wayne Thiebaud, and the leading member of the Bay Area Figurative movement, Manuel Neri. Jekel has an MFA degree in painting from the prestigious art school, Maryland Institute, College of Art. He is married with two daughters and lives in California’s wine growing region just north of San Francisco.

Materials used:

Oil, emulsion, charcoal on stretched canvas

Tags:

#oil painting #red #dance #expressive #blue #yellow #fun #nudes #large painting #matisse #vibrant colors #dancing abstract #modern painting