Abstract Power

Artist Statement

I love how simplicity repeated can show complexity. How limitations can lead to unexpected visual phenomena. How, when accepted, vulnerability can become a strength. How a life lived is a life survived, and survival is beautiful in a way that is different from what I thought was beautiful when I first thought I knew the meaning of the word. So, like these paintings, I build my layers to prepare for the grinding down. These paintings are an expression of my love and my service to my muse which I’ve learned to see as an insatiable artistic curiosity. They are from a series titled: Destruction As An Act Of Creation. They are acrylic on panel. I feel honored and privileged to share them with you.

Bio 

Jacob Clark is a Berkeley based artist and curator with far reaching influences. He spent his early years doing graffiti and learning craftsmanship at a job making hand built fly rods. Then later, he worked at art supply stores, learning about materials from the people who make them.  A decade of studying printmaking and horticulture at Laney and Merritt Colleges in Oakland led to his years studying painting, sculpture and art history at UC Berkeley, earning a bachelors degree with honors in Art Practice. Jacob’s work is grounded in the idea that making art is the way to become a good person and should lead to a sense of humility, appreciation and hopefully magic. “I want my work to look natural on the wall, like a tree does… in a field”