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① Artwork:
Untitled JS3
In this oil painting, two people stand on an oceanside dock alongside two sea birds. Its figures and scenery get abstracted through the artist’s brushy paint strokes and soft, blended colors, which create an array of pared-down shapes.
Jake Stutz’s paintings bring to mind a bygone era and the present simultaneously. In his work, intense moments of attention contrast with a gentle overall buzz, giving his paintings the sense of time standing still.
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③ Artist:
Most find it difficult to discern a specific time or place in Jake Stutz’s paintings, as they bring to mind a bygone era and the present simultaneously. His subdued palette belies vigorous and, at times, chaotic paint handling, and his compositions consistently fall apart and put themselves back together. In Stutz's work, intense moments of attention contrast with a gentle overall buzz. This effect gives his paintings the sense of time standing still and a view that life is a patient pursuit of peace despite the drama.
Jake Stutz was born in 1996 in South San Diego, CA, and lives in Los Angeles, CA. He earned his BFA from the University of California in Los Angeles, CA (2019).
He has exhibited his work in the 2-person exhibition Innocent World: Veronica Gelbaum and Jake Stutz at Gaylord Apartments, Los Angeles, CA (2022).
