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Original artwork description:

This painting feels very powerfully vibrant and dynamic. It is a further exploration of dance movement combining Matisse figures and the model Elen. It also is a new and unique color combination of mine.

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 and charcoal on canvas

Tags:
#dance #yellow blue #dynamic movement #abstract expressionism #contemporary art #expressive motion 

Transforming Rage and Grief (2025) Oil painting
by Darren Jekel

£2,131.04 

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This painting feels very powerfully vibrant and dynamic. It is a further exploration of dance movement combining Matisse figures and the model Elen. It also is a new and unique color combination of mine.

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 and charcoal on canvas

Tags:
#dance #yellow blue #dynamic movement #abstract expressionism #contemporary art #expressive motion 
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Darren Jekel

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I love the messy brush that makes a neat stroke. An American artist, from the San Francisco Bay Area, I got to know Wayne Thiebaud at UC Davis. “Good artists borrow and... Read more

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