Jesse Aldana
Los Angeles, California
Artist Jesse Aldana captures the spirit of the West through the ritual beauty of sunrise and sunset. His compositions depict residential neighborhoods, bustling thoroughfares, and serene coastal scenes of Los Angeles. Jesse completed his MFA at the New York Academy of Art. Early in his career, he witnessed a colleague conjure enormous sky and cloud murals for the Rose Room of the New York Public Library. Watching the artist’s command of tone, value, and sensitivity to mark-making left a lasting impact on him. “The sky is an overwhelming presence,” says Jesse. With a day job, Jesse usually paints at night and starts his process with a cup of tea. When not doing art, Jesse enjoys spending time with his son and partner, working out, and playing puzzles.
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Artist Statement
My paintings are based on my surroundings in Southern California. I use photos of seascapes, landscapes, and cityscapes as source material. I strive for a high level of accuracy in my preparation and drawing. But the finished paintings are not bound by a reality implied by the camera’s eye in color or composition. At times the finished canvases bear color that is more expressive than descriptive or more minimal than naturalistic. I move or omit trees, buildings, and mountains as freely as I substitute the slate gray of an overcast sky for the bright blue of a sunny day, or a sky full of stars. For in their aggregate layers of color, my paintings mirror the sedimentary structure of experience and memory and point the way to alchemical realism.
Artist Background
New York Academy of Art
Master of Fine Arts, 1997
Brown University
Bachelor of Arts, 1993
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