Jack Earley 5881 Mindy Drive Indian Springs, OH 45011 Phone: 513-844-8538 jlearley@aol.com

Media:

Acrylic on canvas

Sculpture in copper, wood and other media

Sumi-e inks on rice paper

Water colors on rice paper and museum paper

A sample of Galleries which have represented me:

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 La Mesa of Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM Deck the Walls, Cincinnati OH Spirit of the Earth, Cape Cod MA 110 Galisteo, Santa Fe NM

Coconino Art Center, Flagstaff AZ Old Towne Gallery, Flagstaff AZ Eisa B Gallery, Scottsdale AZ Gilbert Ortega, Scottsdale AZ Timeless Desert, Sedona AZ Raku Gallery, Jerome AZ Hart Gallery, Sedona AZ Galeria Mesa, Mesa AZ La Tapia de Oro, Taos NM Ranchos Ritz, Taos NM Lagniappe, Des Moines IA Ranchos Ritz, Taos NM

Statement:
I sign the subject's inner energy onto the "canvas," thinking of Asian calligraphy and classic Asian sumi-e painting techniques as I do so. This is especially evident in my Indian portraits, done with Sumi-e inks, and my copper sculptures. My work impressionistically uses color freely as a reflectance of inner light, creating expressionistic power.
People have an ancient need to discover forms, be it Elvis in chipped paint, Jesus in the leaves of a tree or a saint on a discolored wall. I believe it is part of our ancient survival skills. With my latest canvases, my goal is to just barely create forms so that the viewer "discovers" them and so that there is room for the viewer to see his or her own forms. I see such discovery as a spiritual adventure.