Life In Charcoal

Arthur Miller commanded “Attention must be paid” and in these meticulously observed images, the artist does exactly that. His middle American subjects have been buffeted by a sea of troubles, sometimes of their own causing. Jerins brilliantly and movingly captures friends and family members at a moment when all denial has been stripped away. There is no irony here, no flippant art world in-jokes, no smug condescension and certainly no sentimentality. Jerins shows us the redemptive power of suffering, the quiet heroism of the American spirit, and our refusal to give up no matter the odds against us. The difficulties his subjects have with relationships, money, health, aging, substance abuse, violence, and death are part of the human condition that we Americans all know too well. With unflinching honesty and the kind of empathy only known by fellow travelers, Edgar Jerins brings a new realism to American art. His art is not just about life, it is life.

Open Studios EFA

I have a studio here at the Elizabeth Foundation, studio 405. I’m teaching Thursday evening at the New York Academy of Art, so Alana will be here at the studio. I will at the studio on Friday and Saturday.

This is a very fun event with over a hundred artists participating. Open and free to the public with wine and snacks!

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

These are the two drawings acquired by the Minneapolis Institute of Art 2016.
The Artists Family; "We Have to Move" charcoal 60 x 96
David and Anita Visiting Daina charcoal 60 x 96

Gallery 1516 Omaha, Nebraska, "Friends of Kent"

I have four drawings and a painting of Kent Bellows in this show that is up through January 1st, 2016. 

http://www.gallery1516.org/

"Donkeys Around Town" project

Artists are painting fiberglass donkeys to represent the US states and territories. They will be placed throughout Philadelphia for the Democratic Party Convention, July 1st - September 5th 2016. The Kansas donkey will be at Logan Square, and the Nebraska donkey will be on view in front of Suzanne Roberts Theatre on Broad Street.