JACK EARLEY

Phone:  513-774-7995

E-mail: jlearley@aol.com                 www.earleyart.com

          Media

               Acrylic on canvas

               Sculpture in different media: wood, copper, leather

               Sumi-e inks on rice paper

               Watercolors on rice paper and museum paper

 Gilbert Ortega, Scottsdale  AZ

 Coconino Art Center, Flagstaff  AZ

 Old Towne Gallery, Flagstaff  AZ

 Elsa B Gallery, Scottsdale  AZ

 Timeless Desert, Sedona  AZ

 Raku Gallery, Jerome  AZ

 Hart Gallery, Sedona  AZ

 Galeria Mesa, Mesa  AZ

 La Mesa of Santa Fe, Santa Fe  NM

 La Tapia de Oro, Taos  NM

 Ranchos Ritz, Taos. NM

 Galisteo, Santa Fe  NM

 A Gallery, Palm Desert  CA

 Gallery West, Apple Valley  CA

 The Harvest House, Lake Arrowhead  CA

 Franciscan Canticle, Victorville  CA

 Schoettger Gallery, Big Bear Lake  CA

 Four Seasons Gallery, Wrightwood  CA

 Southwest Tradewinds, San Francisco  CA

 San Francisco Museum Rental Gallery, San Francisco  CA

 Lagniappe, Des Moines  IA

 Spirit of the Earth, Cape Cod  MA

 Art Resource, Columbus OH

 Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati OH

 Thornapple's, West Chester OH

 Statement:

 After writing for two decades, I was developing an idea that I knew I could express better as a painting. 

 So in the  mid-eighties I took up painting.

 My work is about inner energy.  Springing from my own personal energy and internal balance, reinforced

 through daily practice of yoga and tai chi, I sign the inner energy of the subject matter onto the canvas

 (or rice paper, as the case may be).

 Humans have an ancient need to see form—in clouds or in chipped paint on a wall or in waving leaves. 

 The ability to decipher forms is part of our oldest survival skills.  Imagine the advantage of being able to

 quickly spot the approaching bear among the shifting shadows of trees.

 In many of my canvases, I create forms so the viewer “discovers” them in a spiritually uplifting act. 

 In some pieces, I let the paint help me discover form by giving the paint its head, like a captured animal

 freed again.

 The energy from the work may get the viewer excited, but upon a longer look, leads the viewer into a place

 of  balanced tranquility.

 Other endeavors:

Computer Consultant,  Network Administrator

Earley Publishing Company, Mesa AZ  Owner

Hare in the Field Bookstore, Santa Barbara CA  Owner

Earley by the Park: Books and Journals, New York City NY  Owner

 Art Related Service to the Community:

            Coordinated street murals at city youth festivals

            Juried art show, selecting City art purchase on behalf of the Mayor

            Gave water color demonstration at city youth day

            Served on several Friends of the Performing Arts & Gallery Guild committees

 Education:   Ohio University     Wright State University     Arizona State University     Metro State University

 Thanks for taking a look.                          Jack Earley