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For Every Place I Could Not Stay; For Every Word I Could Not Say
For Every Place I Could Not Stay; For Every Word I Could Not Say

For Every Place I Could Not Stay; For Every Word I Could Not Say

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In the last 16 years I have moved 9 times. 3 of which were houses i purchased with the intent to never move again and to finally have some where to call home. In all those apartmen...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

In Awe: Hail and Fire
In Awe: Hail and Fire

In Awe: Hail and Fire

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I was raised very religiously. Revelations always interested me as an adolescent. Revelations 8:7 speaks of fire and hail mixed with blood raining on Earth. During this year after t...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

A Necessary Return; A Humbled Resumption
A Necessary Return; A Humbled Resumption

A Necessary Return; A Humbled Resumption

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

2023 was a terrible year, personally for me. A lot of loss, restructure, defeat, and recognition that life inevitably moves on and gets worse. Here is to not giving up, and 2024.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Witnessing a Familiar Setting with Seasoned Eyes
Witnessing a Familiar Setting with Seasoned Eyes

Witnessing a Familiar Setting with Seasoned Eyes

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

After a distress of traumatic event, reflection, acceptance, and continuance, one can revisit the world in a less stark and depressing manner.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

A Blur of Necessary Travels, Events and Return to Form
A Blur of Necessary Travels, Events and Return to Form

A Blur of Necessary Travels, Events and Return to Form

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

To find myself and return to what makes me, myself, i traveled to new towns and cities through airplanes, trains and cars. It made me healthier.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

An Attempt at Self Preservation with Minimal Casualties
An Attempt at Self Preservation with Minimal Casualties

An Attempt at Self Preservation with Minimal Casualties

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

When life feels stuck or defeated, sometimes the answer is to return from a former starting place, reflect and move forward. Sometimes there are people and relationships that are lo...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Vivid Evocation of Suppression

The Vivid Evocation of Suppression

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Sometimes when life changes over the years, one can try to adjust. Sometimes this becomes suppressing the authentic self. This is a mistake.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

As the Flowers Died, There Then Came the Flies

As the Flowers Died, There Then Came the Flies

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A friend from grad school gave me a painting he did not think was successful. I have worked over the canvas since 2017. It is now 2023 and I finally feel like it is done.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Sincere Apologies For the Mess I’ve Become

Sincere Apologies For the Mess I’ve Become

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Listings with rich descriptions are 40% more likely to sell and this was made while trying to ignore my inevitable divorce.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

(An Attempt at) A Structured Retelling of Events
(An Attempt at) A Structured Retelling of Events

(An Attempt at) A Structured Retelling of Events

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

So it started here, and then we met so and so, we got to there, and then this happened, so we backtracked to where we left off and now it is kind of right here in this mess.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Nowhere is Now Home
Nowhere is Now Home

Nowhere is Now Home

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I grew up next to a farm, next to woods. I moved to North Philly. My parents sold the house I grew up in when I left and moved to 2000s suburbia housing. I moved to Kensington. My f...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Hands Last Held by the Festival Wheel
Hands Last Held by the Festival Wheel

Hands Last Held by the Festival Wheel

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

My wife and I visited Edinburgh, Scotland for Thanksgiving. It was an incredibly nostalgic trip for one we had never been on. We held hands and walked the streets by the ferris whe...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

How to Dismantle Completely
How to Dismantle Completely

How to Dismantle Completely

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We tend to think of plans as aspects of progress. Sometimes in life you do not realize that you may have actually created a plan to implode or have dire consequences.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Fool's Pursuit
The Fool's Pursuit

The Fool's Pursuit

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We go after what we do not have. We want what we have not. It might be foolish, but in order to to be happy, one must try.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

If There Was a Way, It Would Be Here, Now

If There Was a Way, It Would Be Here, Now

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A possible metaphysical map to the answer that does or does not exist or that we may benefit from.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Beyond the Scream
Beyond the Scream

Beyond the Scream

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

What was going on in the background Edvard Munch's "The Scream". What did the onlookers think?

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Babylon
Babylon

Babylon

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In Jewish tradition, Babylon symbolizes an oppressor against which righteous believers must struggle.[citation needed] In Christianity, Babylon symbolizes worldliness and evil. Proph...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Wasting Time/Passing By
Wasting Time/Passing By

Wasting Time/Passing By

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

After school in high school, I would drive around the cornfields and neighborhoods with friends listening to music and smoking until it was time to ...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Redenment
Redenment

Redenment

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Materials used to show the vadalism, cover up, and decay of Philadelphia that mimics all of us.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Always (& Forever)
Always (& Forever)

Always (& Forever)

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Always comes form my wife's favorite story but always is what always was and will be. forever is a constant to the universe but not to us.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

L'espace Entre
L'espace Entre

L'espace Entre

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Looking outside while the outside does not look inside all while the view has always been skewed

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Waltz No. 4
Waltz No. 4

Waltz No. 4

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The 4th installment of my pieces set to waltz music.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

An Answer So Clear It Could Barely Be Recognized
An Answer So Clear It Could Barely Be Recognized

An Answer So Clear It Could Barely Be Recognized

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Getting pinkeye as an adult is odd. Especially from adult things. Also I am depressed.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Spoils of (Civilized) War
The Spoils of (Civilized) War

The Spoils of (Civilized) War

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Scotland is a great place to visit. World War 1 was a hundred years ago. We are repeating.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Pursuit of Happiness (Or Lack Thereof)
Pursuit of Happiness (Or Lack Thereof)

Pursuit of Happiness (Or Lack Thereof)

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Life is a bunch of experiences of grasping and hoping for what you want but cannot control.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Pieces of Peace With No Peace of Mind
Pieces of Peace With No Peace of Mind

Pieces of Peace With No Peace of Mind

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Some sunny days I feel relaxed; I feel like everything will be okay. But then it is disrupted with the news and hardships of reality and the anxiety it causes

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Revisionist History
Revisionist History

Revisionist History

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We self-correct stories about ourselves. We retell stories the way we remember and how we want to remember. Political narratives change. People remember stories in relationships diff...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Maybe It Was Not Enough
Maybe It Was Not Enough

Maybe It Was Not Enough

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

When is there enough effort put? In relationships, self preservation, career, politics, etc. We think it's enough, but we keep finding out there is more we could have done and should...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

When You Think That This Cannot Get More Horrible
When You Think That This Cannot Get More Horrible

When You Think That This Cannot Get More Horrible

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

In my adult life, I have only seen more and more horrid things happen in the world. Even though COVID-19 is letting up, a faux state of normalcy exists. ...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Constant Distance
Constant Distance

Constant Distance

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Trying to look ahead to the future. It keeps getting grayer and murkier. Looking for the headlights.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Sleep Narcosis
Sleep Narcosis

Sleep Narcosis

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I have trouble sleeping. Trouble falling asleep. Trouble staying asleep. Trouble sometimes telling dreams from waking life. I have used multiple medications and substances over the y...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Everynight (Fever Dreams)
Everynight (Fever Dreams)

Everynight (Fever Dreams)

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I contracted Covid-19 after the pandemic started. Even after my recovery, I became more and more reobsessed with finite conclusion. I have to die someday...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Time and Places with No People
Time and Places with No People

Time and Places with No People

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I like that the universe is indifferent to us and that the plants and water will live without our concern of self and worry

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Kensington Trash
Kensington Trash

Kensington Trash

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

There is a monster inside. There is a journey to discover. Life sucks. Life is beautiful.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Holyoke
Holyoke

Holyoke

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

My Nana and Grandpa had a watercolor painting of a barn growing up. I loved it growing up even though it took me until i was 16 to see a barn. Thought it. was abstract but i was over...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Inundated Pestilence
Inundated Pestilence

Inundated Pestilence

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence. Three years. Inundated Pestilence.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Lonesome; Crowded
Lonesome; Crowded

Lonesome; Crowded

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I wish I could do commissions. But I cannot. I heart is the bitter buffalo.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Badlands
Badlands

Badlands

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I lived in North Philadelphia and Kensington for over a decade. My first studio after grad school was in the Badlands. I had a rickety balcony that had a great view of the neighborh...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

It Is Such a Pretty Day to Be This Depressed
It Is Such a Pretty Day to Be This Depressed

It Is Such a Pretty Day to Be This Depressed

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Had a mental breakdown. Life seemed to fall apart. The weather was beautiful for November.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Pishkun
Pishkun

Pishkun

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Hunters herded the bison and drove them over the cliff, breaking their legs and rendering them immobile. Tribe members waiting below closed in with spears and bows to finish the kills.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Seven Years of 7
Seven Years of 7

Seven Years of 7

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I spent almost a decade after kitchen shifts at Old Philadelphia Bar in Kensington.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Everything Outside Is Staring Right at You
Everything Outside Is Staring Right at You

Everything Outside Is Staring Right at You

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This probably deals with the subject of media, fame, guilt, internalization, rumination, capitalism, and being alive in the contemporary. I really hate ans...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Sempre
Sempre

Sempre

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Life creates it self. We make choices. My promise of always is to the one that means everything to me. The hope of happiness and utopia forever through struggle and learning to under...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Notes Read in the Mourning
Notes Read in the Mourning

Notes Read in the Mourning

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

My girlfriend (now my wife) had trouble falling asleep one night. While i slept she went into my studio and made a drawing with pastel on one of my business cards and left it for me ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

When I Was Younger, I Believed in a Plan
When I Was Younger, I Believed in a Plan

When I Was Younger, I Believed in a Plan

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

What else can be said about 2020? About life? It keeps going on in a chaotic manner. I was raised to believe in a creator and an orchestration. I am reminded every second that was fa...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Therein Lies the Distress and Anguish
Therein Lies the Distress and Anguish

Therein Lies the Distress and Anguish

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This was one of the first paintings of 2020. I had sold my first house and moved in with my fiance. I recently learned my studio lease would not be renewed. The angst of starting ane...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

The Vodka is Good, but the Meat is Rotten
The Vodka is Good, but the Meat is Rotten

The Vodka is Good, but the Meat is Rotten

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The title comes from a reflection of my life living in North Philadelphia 2008-2014. I was pretty broke all the time, so getting actual liquor to drink was an occasional luxury. I li...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

But I know We're Not Coming Back Here Again
But I know We're Not Coming Back Here Again

But I know We're Not Coming Back Here Again

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

I met my best friend during my freshman year at Tyler School of Art in 2008. We bonded over The Boondocks, the band Rancid, and comic books. We both wanted to be illustrators. For th...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Entrer Dans L'oubli
Entrer Dans L'oubli

Entrer Dans L'oubli

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A smaller work that was both working through different landscape orientation as well as leading up to the 2018 election in the US. This work to me, reflects figures turning there bac...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ruminations
Ruminations

Ruminations

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Symbolism and forgotten memories that fade through years and years. This is my abstract interpretation of understanding my own brain's decision to keep some memories, while deleting ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

When You Die, I Will Die As Well
When You Die, I Will Die As Well

When You Die, I Will Die As Well

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This painting has has 547 marks and moves to symbolize each day of a year and half long relationship in my mid-twenties. The painting was done as a self healing therapy process to en...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

From Birth to Death and Onto
From Birth to Death and Onto

From Birth to Death and Onto

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

As more die, more are born. As more are born, more die. All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic