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As you'll find when browse through the site, my art doesn't really present a cohesive body of work. There are four reasons for this:
1. I'm always excited to learn something new and experiment with it
2. I like to communicate in a variety of ways
3. I have a lot of artistic influences
4. Most of my professional career has been in graphic design
for many different clients
Graphic Design
As a designer, I've worked for many different companies over the years from small, local restaurants to international banks. My approach has always been to give the client unique work, tailored to their specific needs, not to use their projects as a platform to express my "unique creative vision."
That's not what graphic design is for and unfortunately, there's way too much of it in current marketing and advertising. My feeling is: If you want to express creative vision, go home and paint or something. And I believe I've followed my own advice - which leads to my "other" work.
Painting
My paintings tend to be abstract and are influenced primarily by the action painting school. I really enjoy attacking the canvas, letting my emotions take over and then "discovering" the end result. Recently, however, I've developed a more realistic style that I'm incorporating into a line of merchandise.
Photography
My photographs fall into two categories: abstract - again - that are extensively manipulated using Photoshop, and what I refer to as "decay and desolation" images, abandoned buildings, wide, empty vistas, that sort of thing.
Sculpture
In sculpture, I'm inspired by the idea of destruction and reconstruction. I work with found materials, primarily shipping pallets, which I take apart and then reassemble into sentinel-like figures. I'll be adding a page soon.
Jewelry
I'm just beginning to explore jewelry as an art form, working primarily with metal clay to create pendants, necklaces, and bracelets. However, as I've become more involved with product development, this has been moved to the back burner and I probably won't be adding anything soon.
For more information on pricing and availability, please contact me directly:
Jeff Bacon
19301-C Saticoy St. #283
Reseda, CA 91335
Phone: 818.564.5077
E-mail: jeff@jeffbaconvisualart.com