PREVIOUS WORKS
PUZZLE OF THE PAST - 48x48
This is the piece that started it all.
I have always loved graphic art and letters, my favorite material is steel, so when this inspiration hit me I tried something new.
Interesting to discover painting in your 40s…
The thought behind this was to do something unique that captured the past that makes up all of us. My sons (Spencer and Blake) are the result of that past, but history is not simple and it is the unique puzzle of our past that makes all of us who we are.
This painting contains the names of my son's ancestors as far back as I can trace, many first names, but also the last names when they were changed by marriage or by the legal system. Hoffman of course is not mentioned, I figured they would remember that one.
This piece hangs in my living room in Los Angeles, and I have watched my children as well as other family members and friends stop and spend time looking at it, finding names, and then learning about the ancestors that are captured here.
Mission accomplished.
LONGHORN LEGENDS - 48x48
When you bleed Orange…you simply bleed Orange.
As a graduate of Texas, all things Longhorn Athletics reign supreme in my house. My dog is named after Earl Campbell…
While Football will always be King, this painting pays homage to 34 great Longhorn Athletes across multiple sports.
This was the second painting I did, and it hangs in my son Spencer’s room.
KISSES - 24x36
Have you ever been at a movie…looked at the woman you love and felt the movie fade into noise…all that embraces your mind is your thoughts of her…how much you love her…what a future will look like with her in your arms…You lean over and kiss…You smile and your mind sails away to a place where you can search for new ways to kiss her…each kiss...as if it were the first…
I had that moment and KISSES was born…
This piece contains 13 different types of kisses. The word search of the types of kisses is held in relief, because each kiss should feel like a new discovery.
TX SEVENTY ONE - 48x48
TX Highway 71 holds a special place in my heart.
I’ve had more kolaches than I can count at Weikel’s (I was going there well before they remodeled it and made it fancy), I’ve contributed to the good people of Bastrop (at least 3 speeding tickets), had many Thanksgiving meals at the Whataburger in Columbus (on the way to Austin to watch the Longhorns) and spent a summer as a kid at Camp Champions near Horseshoe Bay (though technically it’s in Marble Falls.)
This piece was done in white with black accent to invoke the white and black signage which marks the Texas Highways and contains 25 of the towns and cities along Texas Highway Seventy One, from Blessing to Brady.
I’ve been lucky enough to visit many of these places, hopefully I will see them all.
TEXAS 71 - 48x48
Texas 71 holds a special place in my heart.
I’ve had more kolaches than I can count at Weikel’s (I was going there well before they remodeled it and made it fancy), I’ve contributed to the good people of Bastrop (at least 3 speeding tickets), had many Thanksgiving meals at the Whataburger in Columbus (on the way to Austin to watch the Longhorns) and spent a summer as a kid at Camp Champions near Horseshoe Bay (though technically it’s in Marble Falls.)
The puzzle of words in TEXAS 71 emerges from a field of bluebonnet blue, to invoke the feeling that many of the towns that make up the treasures of Texas, lie hidden beyond a blur of bluebonnets as we drive by.
This piece contains the names of 24 such towns and cities along Texas Highway 71, from Blessing to Brady.
I’ve been lucky enough to visit many of these places, hopefully I will see them all.
LOS ANGELES ONE - 24x48
This is the first piece done in a new style for me in which the letters were stenciled on rather than being cut from behind the paint.
The organizing concept of this work is the City of Los Angeles and several of the neighborhoods and regions which make it up.
The frantic snarling overlay paint is meant to invoke the metropolis that is LA and the traffic that snarls it.
ASTROS CHAMPS - 48x48
For the avoidance of doubt - I'm a Dodgers Fan.
However, when a dear friend asks you to do a piece for their favorite team, good sportsmanship dictates that you oblige.
This piece, called ASTROS CHAMPS, memorializes the World Series Roster of the 2017 Houston Astros, who won the franchise's first championship.
It features all of the colors of the Astros and is framed in gray to represent the road uniforms Houston was wearing when they beat my beloved Dodgers.
BABY STEPS ...BABY STEPS - 20x48
Sometimes in life, we all have to take baby steps.
This is the first piece I have done in which there is no word search - per se - but the words repeat in order throughout the steel.
While the steps are "baby'", the shoe prints are intentionally adult, as a reminder that as grown-ups...baby steps are required.
DRIVING THROUGH LA - 48x48
Los Angeles has been my home since 1996.
LA is a strange and wonderful place full of areas and neighborhoods that make up a great and vast metropolis...snarled by traffic, traffic and more traffic.
This piece is a collection of 22 of Los Angeles' neighborhoods congested in a word search painted over by tire treads (I used an actual tire to paint the painting) to denote that LA's wonders are hidden behind traffic.
DODGER GREATS- 48x48
Although I grew up in Dallas, as a Texas Rangers fan, living in LA for over half my life has given me a love of the Dodgers and the culture of Dodger baseball. Even though they haven’t won a World Series in a while, the depth of the Dodgers’ influence on the culture of LA is hard to deny. Beyond that, baseball games still bring families together. In this world of screens and virtual reality, there is still so substitute for the chance to take the time in an afternoon or evening, drink a beer, eat a Dodger Dog and remember that sitting next to the people you love is what really matters.
My sons and I enjoy the Dodgers whenever we can, and this work is not only an ode to the Dodgers, but to the story of time and the history of the game. After all, my mother was raised a Brooklyn Dodgers fan – and there was no better moment to capture the history and generational bonds baseball creates than watching her sit with her grandsons and listen to Vin Scully call a game, the very same Vin Scully that called games when she was a little girl.
ILSA'S TRUTH - 36x40
"..was LaBelle Aurore...I remember every detail the Germans wore gray, you wore blue..."
CASABLANCA - arguably the greatest film ever made. This is the set up for one of the great romantic moments in movie history. Ilsa knows Victor is alive., and yet she promises Rick she will meet him at the train anyway...after all they've picked this time to fall in love. She is going to break his heart...and only she knows that this incredible kiss will actually be the last time...
This is the first in a series of works committing the great romantic moments in movie history to steel.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION - 36x40
"...I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
As a child of the 80s, there are several things that taught us how to live. SAVED BY THE BELL, JOHN HUGHES movies and of course WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. This line of dialog is Sally's classic set up to her final line, after Harry has raced through the New Year's Eve streets of NYC to profess his love to her just moments before Auld Lang Syne plays.
In this piece, I have highlighted the key words, and the essence of the lesson - if you say that impossible thing, you make it possible - to remind us all of a great lesson in life.
This is the second in a series of works committing the great romantic moments in movie history to steel.
BROKEN PROMISE - 36x40
"...Don't you agree when someone doesn't keep an appointment they should apologize?"
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (1957)... If you've never seen it, grab some popcorn and someone you love...you'll need a box of tissues for the last 10 minutes or so...
In this scene Terry does have a "darn good reason" that she didn't show up at the top of the Empire State Building as they had planned, but her pride has forced her to keep that reason a secret from the man she loves...until he figures it out on his own...
This is the third in a series of works committing the great romantic moments in movie history to steel.
A WOMAN IS A GIRL - 36x40
"...Can I just say no to your kind request and leave it at that?...There's just too many pictures of you...too many films..."
If you want to start a fight amongst lovers of romantic comedies - go ahead and tell someone that NOTTING HILL belongs on the list - and see what happens. This is a love it or hate it sort of movie, but one thing is undeniable...Julia Roberts' masterful delivery of this line (and the conclusion of it, which is not in the painting...because you know what it is) is one of the great stand alone moments in romantic comedy history and no one could have delivered it the way she did...
As someone who has worked in Hollywood for many years - this painting has special meaning to me - because I know first hand that fame isn't real...or is it??
This is the fourth and final piece in this series of works committing the great romantic moments in movie history to steel.
WE KEEP HOLING ON - 48x48
"Love is like a Rodeo"
This was a commission piece that I was very proud to be asked to do. As a fan of county music and fan of Kane Brown, it was exciting to do this piece for producer and musician who worked with Kane and recorded this hit. (I believe his wife had me to do it for his birthday - how cool is that.)
I loved working with the lyrics to the song and am proud to have this work hanging in their studio.
AGAIN - 20x20
This is part of a four piece series called KISS ME. Like its inspiration KISSES, this piece has several different types of kisses - in word search pattern - hidden in relief.
ALWAYS - 20x20
This is part of a four piece series called KISS ME. Like its inspiration KISSES, this piece has several different types of kisses - in word search pattern - hidden in relief.
FIRST - 20x20
This is part of a four piece series called KISS ME. Like its inspiration KISSES, this piece has several different types of kisses - in word search pattern - hidden in relief.
TRUE - 20x20
This is part of a four piece series called KISS ME. Like its inspiration KISSES, this piece has several different types of kisses - in word search pattern - hidden in relief.
COMING SOON
New work coming soon....
COMING SOON
New work coming soon...
COMING SOON
New work coming soon...
COMING SOON
New work coming soon...
COMING SOON
New work coming soon...
Raised in Dallas – a graduate of JJ Pearce High School - Jared attended the University of Texas, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment business. With hundreds of episodes of television to his credit, several movies, multiple awards and a track record that includes work for such networks as AMC, Comedy Central, The CW, Hulu, TruTV, Lifetime, Fox, Netflix, Fuse, MTV, Showtime, HBO, FX, Fremantle, Go90, YouTube, OWN, TBS, ABC, The Disney Channel, IFC, and the NFL Network – and inventing a board game - Jared continues to pursue his creative work as a storyteller, while he finds time for his new found passion for his unique style of painting.
STEEL
Why paint on steel? Steel has a tremendous permanence to it. One of its amazing qualities is that each piece is different, the way it reacts to the elements, the patina it develops, its weight and its dimensions. The unique colors of it mean it is ever aging and no paint nor artist can do what nature does to it as it ages.
WORDS
Word Search is a classic game that we have all played at one point in our lives. The magic of word search is that on the surface it is just letters...but as you go behind them and into the game...you discover things.
These paintings are like that - themed around an idea or concept allowing you the viewer to search for the words within.