Artwork description:

This zinc plate etching print is a boldly narative expressionist work on 300lb hot press paper. It is an early work of mine and is strongly influenced by the example of Anselm Kiefer. I used to work building fences and the terminal post needed to be incredibly strong to support the pull stretching lines of wire fencing. I imaged in its place a fern frond (and the rest of the plant underground) as an absurd metaphor for the heroism and fragility of our human predicament.

‘Terminal Frond' is an original, one of a kind artwork by Darren Jekel and it will be signed and titled on the front with AP, artist proof (in process). The plate is destroyed. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.

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 on zinc plate etching

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