About JCE Parker

Somewhere between linear abstraction and the interpreted imagery of emotion, lies the plane on which my paintings are created.    

My body of work is comprised of examples that express an explosion of color that marginally follow the basic guidelines of color balance and the compulsive attempts at unattainable perfectionism.

What you find in the end are paintings that are created out of irrational intent, but work to bring order to the erratic chaos.

Creative Process

Each abstract piece is created by applying multiple layers of paint with a myriad of different implements then controlling each individual layer of color by outlining it with a bold line. Some layers may appear erratic and chaotic, however each part of the process is controlled and intentional. The life paintings are images taken from nature and painted onto canvas with either oils or acrylic medium. The images are chosen by the clients imagination or a selected photograph that conveys a message or emotion that they find important to them.

History of the process

As a small boy he was given a spiral notebook for school. One day while doing sketches at the kitchen table, he knocked over a glass of water that was sitting next to him. The water then proceeded to seep into the cardboard backing of the notebook and leave a stain, a stain that he found most unappealing. In order to help make the the stain look less like a stain and more like a piece of art, he began to outline the stain with ink. He found that the process was not only satisfying emotionally, but the image that was created was pleasing to his eye. So, from then on whenever something chaotic happened where a stain, splotch or smear appeared on one of his pages, he outlined it! He would continue this process to this day. He wouldn’t realize just how important that little accident with a glass of water would be until his senior year of college. His art professor, the renowned painter Mark Smith, would task him with an assignment that would change the way he painted forever. The assignment was to come up with an original painting, done in your own style, that those looking at it would know it was done by you. When you’ve studied the techniques and styles of famous painters throughout history, you can tell a Van Gogh is a Van Gogh and a Picasso is a Picasso- but what in the world is a Parker?! Then he remembered the spilled water accident. Could this be done with paint? He found that the answer is Yes!