Original artwork description:

This mixed media artwork, inspired by 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by Katsushika Hokusai, is a boldly experimental work on 300lb hot press smooth finish printing paper. The text is cryptic and open to interpretation. It features rich blue oil hues of phthalo and ultramarine.

‘Fugi View’ 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:

oil, watercolor, and charcoal on paper

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