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Nice Buncha Grapes Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 52.5 W x 43.7 H x 1.8 D in
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"Nice Buncha Grapes," 2013. Acrylic on canvas. (Photographed on wood stretcher with faux-floater framing for a more finished presentation.) 43.6875" H x 52.5" W (110.97 x 133.35 cm) / Organic Realism "Nice Buncha Grapes" is yet, another magnificent work, bearing the marks of J. ("Jay") Worth Allen's current style -- with his use of thick, bold and broad brush strokes contrasted with subtle and delicate application as seen in works by masters during the Renaissance period. Here, we have been given a wonderful bunch of fresh, plump grapes--still on the vine, yet fully ripe, pictured at the exact moment of perfection. The grapes are bursting from the canvas in exquisite three dimensional space -- so much so, that the viewer is tempted to reach out and feel the giant round fruit. To accomplish this powerful work, the artist used deep purple, black and white acrylic paint, applying it in thick, fluid strokes with a broad brush. The addition of elegant green leaves mingled within the bulging grapes, provides a perfect contrast to balance the bunch against a soft, peaceful background of light purples and whites. In Austin, Jay Worth Allen became well known, not only for his hearts, ice-cream cones, musical pieces, and equine tributes, he was also known for painting "round things" -- including fruit. In fact, a wealthy New Orleans patron once sent her private 747 to Austin for the sole purpose of procuring her recent purchase of Jay Worth Allen’s “Flying Strawberries” (60” H x 43” W) acrylic on canvas painting. As with the other pieces in this collection, the significance of this piece is profound. An exquisite technical accomplishment, in particular, this work culminates the artist's move into a deeper plane of the fons et origo which the he paints -- refreshing, unabashed freedom, unencumbered by human conditioning -- where, if one listens, the very breath of God can be heard. Works from these series are in public and private collections throughout the U.S. and abroad, as well as in several gallery owner's private collections, and wineries. Please visit Jay Worth Allen's profile for more information, and to view other works currently being offered through Saatchi Art. We appreciate and encourage any comments. Thank you. Regarding shipping: This work will be shipped in accordance to Saatchi Art's shipping guidelines (removed from its stretcher, rolled and shipped in a professional mailing tube). Otherwise, please contact the artist to discuss other shipping methods (which may possibly incur additional shipping costs).
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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:52.5 W x 43.7 H x 1.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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— Artist Statement — I was born. When I was about 6, I started drawing. Later, I started painting. That's still what I'm doing. What I know, I put into my work. I am interested in visible or tangible things that ARE, rather than Opinion. In my work, there are pre-formed, conventional, depersonalized, factual elements — impartial objects. I am concerned with the wholeness of a thing remaining within the boundaries of knowledge. It is within this boundary that I strive to conceal and reveal known objects at the same time. We have an existing language of words, signs, symbols, shapes, formulas, treatises, poems and the like — whole bodies of belief and knowledge that can, presumably, describe and penetrate anything and everything. Yet, I am forced to recognize that the system which enables me to form a piece of art and to think coherently cannot define how I uniquely think or feel, or even how I picture myself and everything outside myself. The plane of my work has always been real things — REAL MOMENTS RESTING IN TIME, where the ideational and perceptual worlds intersect to form image, idea, icon, and space, and — where I, and therefore the viewer, is projected through to another reality. Technique is inextricably tied to the content of my work. By working in all mediums, I work with numerous techniques. As a painter, acrylic is my medium of choice. My 3D & sculptural materials range from chicken wire to wood to concrete blocks to whatever material I find in my field of sight. The methods I use in printmaking (woodblock, silkscreen, blueprints, lithographs) all combine multiple processes. For me there is no hierarchy among these mediums and techniques; yet, drawing is the foundation for all my work. It’s is the way I speak the best, the clearest. — Brief Bio — On March 6 (the anniversary of Michelangelo’s birthday), J. Worth Allen (“Jay”) was born in Daylight, Tennessee. He grew up in Austin. Studied in Memphis, London, Oxford, New York, Los Angeles—. Has exhibited in New York, Texas, California, London, Edinburgh, France, and beyond. At 16, he was accepted into the top 3 art schools in the nation, each, with full scholarships: Pratt Institute/Fine Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Art Academy in Memphis, which won out (via a cartographical nudge from his dad).
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