Just got back from my 2 week workshop and solo show down in Puerto Vallarta. Had a great time, but it feels good to be back home in Portland. Wanted to share some images from Mexico, and a write up from the PV Mirror on my show at Galleria Dante.
First show of 2013 at Galleria Dante
Jesse Reno & Ignacio Guerrero
exhibit opens
Friday, January 11th, cocktails 6pm to 10pm
Stones Pulled By Stars - 29.5" x 32.5" on canvas acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
Reindeer Barge - 25" x 47" on canvas acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
Bear Tooth, Lions Mane, Pheonix Wings, And The Eyes Of Many Angels Tell The Bear To Show His Teeth - 19" x 24" on paper acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
Jesse Reno – A Self taught, mixed media painter. He has been drawing since age 5, exhibiting since 2001. Has exhibited extensively in USA, Canada, Europe. This is his 4th year exhibiting in Puerto Vallarta. In his paintings, Portland-based artist Jesse Reno, the shamanic beings struggle to find their place in a world simultaneously on the verge of expanding and collapsing. Totem animals and Native American figures reverberate memories of people who once lived as one with nature. Marked by symbols, these figures seek their dreams in the growth of trees and the passing of spirits. On a quest to find their true selves, they collect feathers and relics left by past encounters and past lives. They learn to transcend the boundaries of the rational world evolving into a collage of what they have become and encountered. Jesse’s works are best described as: A Primitive Abstract Narrative. A process without pre-conceived plans just a thought and feeling following one after the other to become an idea… changing directions as forms emerge to find an idea free from judgment, something true in and of itself. From this a world of personal myth, iconography, symbols and beings are created. Reno presents us with a journey leading inward to ultimately expand outward: “If you have moved wisely your dreams will still grow when you are gone. My work acts for no reason other than to convey an inner struggle for expression – simple and direct. Open for interpretation. Always with purpose. Words mis-spelled, left out – just like real thinking, the disconnected string of thoughts that guides the day. This is my expression.” http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151352706720939.446652.153286505938&type=1&l=59a13cfea9
Ignacio Guerrero, “Stop scratching the walls!”, is the phrase that his mother scolded him most consistently with in his childhood and of which he still remembers fondly. Even though he knew he would be punished, he continued to paint on the walls. Born on December 4, 1963 in Guadalajara, he is essentially a self-taught artist. He displayed an interest in drawing and painting from childhood. After obtaining a degree in graphic design at the University of Guadalajara, he achieved the post of art director for several prestigious advertising agencies in the city, as well as illustrating for numerous magazines and newspapers. Nevertheless, he subsequently left the world of advertising to devote himself to painting; something that he feels gives him total freedom of expression. His work, which is surrealist in quality, has been exhibited more than 60 times in Mexico and abroad, in places as distant as Portugal, Italy, Australia and New York. And has to his credit many awards and special recognitions. In 2009 and 2011, his work was selected by the National Committee of the international Biennale of contemporary art in Florence, Italy. “Paint until you drop”, says Ignacio; “or until there is nothing more to say to the canvas”. The fun surreal dream-world of Ignacio Guerrero, conjures up hiding places along the road to the impossible; the flight of a bird, cages, horses galloping with energy, mermaids, men and women in full, quasi-Kafkaesque, metamorphosis show familiar elements in this strange world produced from the depths of his acrylic and oil embedded brushes which create the poetry of his paintings. Everything that is observed is a game, a wonderful set of tones and textures. Motivated by fantastic muses, his pictorial work celebrates the life and obliges us to look at something that has not stopped being here, but we often forget: the harmony of nature. Galleria Dante is located at #269 Basilio Badillo Cocktail reception 6 to 10 pm. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151352696000939.446650.153286505938&type=1&l=bf59be45f5
Later this month I will be releasing my next skate deck. Here’s the mock up 🙂
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Just added some new work to my site for the new year. 🙂 2013 should be a good one.
"Open Your Eyes A Little Wider" welcome to the golden age - chills like electricity - energy like a blur of thoughts 27" x 12.5" on wood acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
"Wizard Summons Stars" what do you really want 11" x 10" on wood acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
"Acrhotype" 13" x 13" on paper acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
"two pheonix" the rest is unsaid 60" x 24" on wood acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
This February my friend Orly Avineri will be releasing her second book “14 Artist Journals,” and I am one of the 14 contributing artists. 14 Artist Journals is a book featuring spreads from the journals of each contributing artist.
a description from Orly’s blog… “showcasing the art journals of fourteen spirited types. Fourteen exuberantly creative individuals I find to be super courageous about their lives, dismissive of creative blocks, and strongly flavorsome (-: among many other things. These general characteristics of the contributors, mingled with mine, form idiosyncratic relations between us, connecting them to me and to each other in sweet and unusual ways. With this book, beyond my ever obvious mission to allure more to take on visual journaling practices, I hope to draw the attention to the importance of not only becoming a creative being but of creating special bonds with others in any way possible. The book will be available for purchase soon, in February 2013, on Amazon, at my eStore, and wherever you find me in person.”
Here is a link to her page.. http://oneartistjournal.com/2012/12/06/new-book-art-journaling-workshops-and-other-notes-for-2013/
just sent off a new group of pieces for Artist Gallery in France.
heres a sample of whats in store 🙂 …
Just posted a few more paintings for the end of the year. 🙂
A Real Life Fairy Tail - dragon flower - constilation 25" x 24" on wood acrylic, oil pastel, pencil and collage
Raindrops Inside The Window 19" x 13" on paper acrylic, oil pastel, pencil
Forest In The Snow - melt 27" x 11.5" on wood acrylic, oil pastel, pencil and collage
Next Sunday December 16th from 1pm-5pm I will be having an open studio party at my house/studio in SE Portland near Reed College. Come hang out and check out over 300 pieces of my work.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP by sending me an email at jesse@jessereno.com
I just sent 12 new pieces to In3Arts Gallery in Metz, France. If you are in the area be sure to stop by. Send me pictures of the show if you can!
Here are a few of the pieces…
Just added new work to my site for December. 🙂
Here are a few. Check the rest out at http://jessereno.com
