Every so often, a space oddity comes along and smashes into the art world. Producing work that doesn't fit neatly into an artist statement. Or into anything that resembles a description, really. Work that's not meant to be hung on gallery walls. But rather, work that's meant to be an experience. Communicating a particular human experience. A body of work that's like a tattoo of an artist's life written across this planet. Written with the fire and rocks and mud of this planet. Work that's aware that to create, we must destroy, and sometimes, what we must destroy are pieces of ourselves.

There's no straight line between Jared's life and the work on this site. Because his work is about life, and life does not have a narrative structure. That's something we add to it. He was born in Denver and studied art at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Then, Jared hit the road, immersing himself in a variety of experiential residencies and academic settings. He went to the outback to learn aboriginal painting techniques. In Bejing, he explored the techniques of Chinese masters. Spain, Cuba, France, Prague, and the UK Jared honed his work into an interdisciplinary practice that draws on everything from primitive painting to abstract impressionism, contemporary street photography, and minimal Japanese handbuilt aesthetics.

Prehistoric. Modern. Global. Americana. The sacred and the mundane. Jared's work holds it all. Because this is pure art. This is creation. And it's more expansive than the linguistical capabilities of our minds.