self taught, self represented, mixed media painter.

Selected Recent events

april 2007 - BLK/MRKT GALLERY, solo show - los angeles, ca

july 2007 - mural fest - muralist and guest speaker - painted 25x40ft mural - winnipeg, ca

sept 2007 - bumbershoot art and music festival - live painter and exhibiting artist - seattle, wa

sept 2007 - tattoo culture - live painter and exhibiting artist - brooklyn, ny

nov 2007 - made in thailand - 28 collaborative drawings with lana guerra mad in thailand - portland, or

nov 2007 - ayden gallery - 2 man show - vancouver, bc

dec 2007 - whitewalls gallery - 2 man show - san fransisco, ca

jan 2008 - foundation one gallery - other worlds show - atlanta, ga

upcoming

april - 2 new skate deck designs - merde skateboards - potland, or

april - brave art - live painter and exhibiting artist - whistler, bc

may - artist workshop - reno, nv

june - new t shirt design - upperplayground - san fransisco, ca

july - montaro gallery - live painting - future signs - 2 man show - newport, ri

aug - upperplayground - 3 man show - san fransisco, ca

aug - artist workshop - los angeles, ca

artist statement

truth will measure...
without absolution - we meet in the stars - the constellation which is constant and unified beyond absolution - the biggest picture - like a human to an amoeba one million beyond counting.. one self until it is part of all things – something else.. - knowledge – All already trapped in absolution. We must re convene in the stars.. we are amoeba..

monkey see monkey do. be aware of your position – we are all transactions - this is our system - so we may live like kings.. i do not like kings why are we trying to live like them? servants instead of gods..

Nothing is without meaning – without meaning there is nothing – we may be born again but to grow we must remember who we were before. I seek to engage with shamans.. still even such greatness should not confuse your own visions. It is a confusing world of things all used up.. teachers and systems. objects claim self importance while we fumble to collect them..

the sad reminder of stupid people

become - without a nest - flowers will collect us - this is how you got here..

shaman with similar visions – this is universal wisdom – you've never had a vision? comparing shaman like a coincidence. The similarity is the truth between spirits there is only one whole – everything

the cup is completely empty – this is existence. writing the days visions to let the mind rest, to relax these sore shoulders to tell the stories of tomorrow. to be free from kings to extend ideas through images – i seek to meet with shaman.. and you?

the skeleton of Icarus still dreams for its bones. there is no one watching if you don't look back. a dead past will kill you if you stay. he comes in peace. engaging with animals. you can not force a random act. knowledge does not equal wisdom. whole moon – cursed -

sail forward.

god made the ocean out of tears – close your eyes tight and maybe sprout wings...

bee keeper – when you destroy the forest how will you transcend into the soil? learn to visualize. question what you see not that you see it. you spent half your life waiting to be someone else, now you don't know how to be yourself..

guardian of the pharaoh. 3 spirits. fertile ground. back to the sea from which it came

amnesia – it is hard to know the outcome. an old cobra collects eggs. They came by boat to find the new world. Now they can not remember where they came from.

You can not close what has been opened

conquest the journey of lies – there is no good in conquest. Control is always wrong. They came in the boats - like the backs of snakes. Some sort of new wisdom a new order. Not on a quest but a con quest. A journey of lies. To conquer. Spreading knowledge rather than wisdom. Not division or unity – simply system. The lines of man are not his nature.. we must forget what we know before we can learn something new. flowers will collect us. A stone in a patch of daisies. little did i know not even whales are safe. someday there is no brighter side. you have no idea what your dealing with. you speak more than you listen your actions will tell your intentions. before stars before boats when there were many whales and unicorns natives knew the truth. every exploration contaminates. we removed our feathers to blend in with boats - snakes arrived - soon no one wore feathers or believed in the magic of bears. we must concentrate to decipher our visions. They can be beyond the logic of molecules. this was the day i realized i came from the sea. i am a Thunderbird... many arguments confuse the past and ruin the future. caught between being a man and a bear – transformation - 13 cycles - a vessel reduced to its core. when a phoenix greets a bear. history will answer questions you can not change. tangled in bear traps they will carry forward under masks. In the end Truth will measure..

• jesse reno