Parris Jaru

Mineral Deposit

2014

Parris Jaru's The Great Emancipation is a 48 x 36 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only, extracted from plants. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. New York–born artist Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced during his childhood years spent in the coastal town of Saint Ann...

Parris Jaru's Building Babylon is a 48 x 36 inches oil painting. The main colors are blue, yellow and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only, extracted from plants. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. New York–born artist Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced during his childhood years spent in the coastal town of Saint Ann...

Parris Jaru's Shaped by the Elements is a 60 x 39 inches oil painting representing a poem laid on a green background. The modulated green shades frame the poem placed in the center. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. The surface is scraped and incised with words and signs, almost like graffiti on a wall or inscriptions on an archaeological fragment. The poem is written on top of a different colored impasto that creates the illusion as if it was written on ancient pergamena. Like for the ancient Chinese painter Wu Zhen, the composition focus on the dynamic balance of the elements. The poem, written by the artist, reads “On fire tho’ not in desire Kept wet from training for this occasion If to wonder let’s say by the rains in summer, I’m covered Can’t stand the fragility of castles created from sand and so should be able to defend against them, somehow So to say fragile is the law of this land, this man Babylon burns Such rhetoric from the emancipated, educated tho’ vegetated, shouting in the alley’s of folly is their anthem, forgetting to freedom fighters as replacements for them The earth burns by lightning to replenish the finished, replaced by quick wit and vegan breakfast Continue to insinuate as the fire burns Continue to read the menu; the entrée holds a new batch of manure, to adore Continue till the fire burns me brown...

Parris Jaru's In My Arms is a 54 x 36 inches oil painting. The main colors are aqua blue, yellow rust, and purple. The surface is defined by a t...

Parris Jaru's Genetically Modified is a 31 x 31 inches oil poetry painting. A written statement, resembling writing on a piece of parchment, is laid on a blue background. The blue is...

Parris Jaru's Brother's Keeper is a 30 x 30 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow, blue and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant based...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom middle Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and w...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom middle Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Morges, Swit...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas and wood Triyptichon 140 x 258 cm Signature at the bottom right Murielle Argoud i...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom middle Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who ...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom middle Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Morges, Swit...

Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom right Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Morges, Switz...