ART IN RES: WFH 'Escapism'
May 5, 2020
Jared Crane
I'm honored to be included in this week-long online exhibition put together by artist and curator Mel Reese for ART IN RES ! Click on any of the images below to read the full write up and to see available work.
From time to time, we need to leave the present behind and escape from reality. Whether it's during quarantine or a bad day at the office, we all deserve a trip inside our imagination (when a real trip isn’t available). Now, that’s especially true and especially difficult. Luckily, we have art to transport us to different worlds, magical environments, new cosmic dimensions. This week we embrace Twyla Tharp’s brilliance when she said, "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
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Like green grass in the first frost of the year, white pigment peppers Jared Nathan Crane’s beautiful piece. Leave the sci-fi world behind and find yourself in the space of soothing abstraction. The textured surfaces of Jared’s paintings inspire a sense of viewing the world, a new terrain, from above –– an aerial view, like the Earth from an airplane window. We melt into the deep phthalo greens and blues with textural whites, evoking the idea of evergreen trees and glaciers of the north. This small painting has a powerful sense of strength, along with its zen calm, that inspires awe. It serves as a window to the vastness of nature, somehow. The composition is pleasant, the even duality inspiring a balance between thought and mind. We can embrace the refreshing “ahhh” we feel when taking it in, breathing deeper as we slide into a bubble bath.
CROAK | 2019 | mixed media on panel | 18 x 9 inches$750 or $35/month for 24 months
Image courtesy ART IN RES.
Image courtesy ART IN RES.