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Wraiths Envisaged
Wraiths Envisaged

Wraiths Envisaged

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The future is a hopeful sense that everyone and thing is safe, but deep down, we know that we may lose what we have, who we love, what is "normal" now, in an instant.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Always Looming
Always Looming

Always Looming

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

a state where a threat, stressor, or physical presence feels perpetually impending and unavoidable. It conveys a sense of constant anticipation or unease because the subject remains ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Peradventure
Peradventure

Peradventure

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The word originated in the 13th century from the Middle English per aventure, adapted from the Old French par aventure, literally meaning "by chance". The prefix per- (through/by) co...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ephemeral Constance
Ephemeral Constance

Ephemeral Constance

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

a state where the only thing that remains consistent is the fact that everything is fleeting

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Unremitting Protraction
Unremitting Protraction

Unremitting Protraction

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the unceasing and relentless lengthening or delay of an event, process, or physical state beyond its expected or necessary duration

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ontological Ontology
Ontological Ontology

Ontological Ontology

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

To relate to the fundamental nature of being, existence, or reality of being.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

Swaying Between Autonomous Walls
Swaying Between Autonomous Walls

Swaying Between Autonomous Walls

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

yourself between a rock and a hard place. autonomy of who were vs who you are vs who you want to be.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Directly Palpable
Directly Palpable

Directly Palpable

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Sometimes life constantly feels like a never ending hallway. every once in a while here is a door ahead. that door may forever to get to and it might lead to another hallway. always ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Understanding Misunderstanding; Misunderstanding Understood
Understanding Misunderstanding; Misunderstanding Understood

Understanding Misunderstanding; Misunderstanding Understood

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

so much can be lost in language. one words choice of words may not convey and be interpreted by another's ears.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Corporeal and Visceral

Corporeal and Visceral

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

attempting to accept the tangible and realness of what is one's own physical limitation and the same to building life forward

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Credence to the Unknown
Credence to the Unknown

Credence to the Unknown

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

sometimes in life we have to trust the bridge that we tried to build to get to the next part of life. even if that bridge feels uncertain and integrity is uncertain in design.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Concomitantly Concomitant
Concomitantly Concomitant

Concomitantly Concomitant

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the attempts of commitment and promises to others and neglecting the balance of what is possible

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Confined in Windowless Quarters; Viewing the External
Confined in Windowless Quarters; Viewing the External

Confined in Windowless Quarters; Viewing the External

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

its a phenomenon, we can still see outside if we are in a room with no windows and when we close our eyes. being confined to the subjective self but aware of all the world, time and ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

“There” Seemed Far Away and Close to “Here”
“There” Seemed Far Away and Close to “Here”

“There” Seemed Far Away and Close to “Here”

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The length of time to travel to any destination, for weddings or funerals, is factual true. but once there, you are "here" even though it once was "there"

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Serendipitous Deja Vu
Serendipitous Deja Vu

Serendipitous Deja Vu

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The moments and fortune of catching up with a close friend after years of life experience and separation. the shared and connected moments of the mirrored events that you both went t...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

An Unreciprocated Libation
An Unreciprocated Libation

An Unreciprocated Libation

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

It can be too easy, and too often, to give one's self up to care and overly empathize with others without a valid and secure response back.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ever Wandering Precariousness
Ever Wandering Precariousness

Ever Wandering Precariousness

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Continuing to move forward in life, at the same time aware of the repercussions

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Every Direction, Horror and Infection; The Still Silence Breathed a Terror on My
Every Direction, Horror and Infection; The Still Silence Breathed a Terror on My

Every Direction, Horror and Infection; The Still Silence Breathed a Terror on My

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Existing in the contemporary world, it can easily be agreed that, no matter your stance, opinion, difference between all things in between, it keeps getting worse. scarier. Desensiti...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Structural Integrity Compromised
The Structural Integrity Compromised

The Structural Integrity Compromised

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the moments and times of walking towards home. towards something. and it seems so far. but you know that its coming up eventually if you stay resilient.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Passed Past is Present
The Passed Past is Present

The Passed Past is Present

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The time that moved forward from the memories and time experienced, makes up the moment in real time.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Comprehending Accountability
Comprehending Accountability

Comprehending Accountability

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Regardless of what decision and action, the importance of reflection and taking responsibility for your own place in outcomes and not blaming outside factors alone.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Bruxing Consternation
Bruxing Consternation

Bruxing Consternation

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Moments when you have to clench your hands, muscles and teeth in order to push through and make it forward.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

La Chance De Surmonter La Mort Subite
La Chance De Surmonter La Mort Subite

La Chance De Surmonter La Mort Subite

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Remembering moments that were so very close to horrific, but the fortune to live in the probability that it did not.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Unwilling Confrontation of a Repressed Mirror

Unwilling Confrontation of a Repressed Mirror

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We can all ignore seeing our own traumatic experiences in others as the brain tries to protect our emotions. Inevitably you will have to face it to be there for others and simultaneo...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Cherophobia
Cherophobia

Cherophobia

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

According to the internet: Cherophobia, derived from the Greek word "chairo" meaning "to rejoice," is the fear of happiness or an aversion to activities that could bring joy.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Insufficient Allowance of Irredeemable Grace
Insufficient Allowance of Irredeemable Grace

Insufficient Allowance of Irredeemable Grace

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

grace and forgiveness are long sought after. when it does exist, it may feel underserving.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

A Purified Previously Torn and Lacerated Persona
A Purified Previously Torn and Lacerated Persona

A Purified Previously Torn and Lacerated Persona

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The memory of your life story can become broken and disconnected from moment to moment in self narrative. Once in a while there can be a beautiful moment of clarity and connection in...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Taking the Opportunity to Breathe and Exhale; A Brief Respite
Taking the Opportunity to Breathe and Exhale; A Brief Respite

Taking the Opportunity to Breathe and Exhale; A Brief Respite

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The luck to end a year and enter a new one. After enduring the story of struggle of existence thus far, and having a moment of clarity to just accept the beauty in the hardships.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Succumbing a Desperate Compulsory Amalgamation
Succumbing a Desperate Compulsory Amalgamation

Succumbing a Desperate Compulsory Amalgamation

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Entering in mid adulthood, actions are made. whether a career commitment, parenting, partnership, etc. it can be reactionary. but it is without repercussion and impossible to "redo" ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Ignoring the Contingent Admonition of Self and Selves
Ignoring the Contingent Admonition of Self and Selves

Ignoring the Contingent Admonition of Self and Selves

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A continuous, and assumed, accidentally ignorance of seeing ones existence separate and passing others, as they do you, and missing the connection of experience and conversation.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

A Consistent and Ceaseless Momentum
A Consistent and Ceaseless Momentum

A Consistent and Ceaseless Momentum

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Even though it easy to get stuck and ruminate on the past, life does not wait and continues in a forward trajectory.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Insufficient Time to Respectfully Mull Over What Has Happened
Insufficient Time to Respectfully Mull Over What Has Happened

Insufficient Time to Respectfully Mull Over What Has Happened

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Contemporary life is so packed with more complex chaos on top of a personal existence. its ever increasing seems to make it harder to sit down and remember what has happened and what...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

An Attempted and Calculated Navigation of Uncharted and Assumed Point A to Point
An Attempted and Calculated Navigation of Uncharted and Assumed Point A to Point

An Attempted and Calculated Navigation of Uncharted and Assumed Point A to Point

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

simply about realizing that living and existing is existing in an unprecedented future based on so many variables. but we grow up thinking that there is a path, and our elders try to...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

An Ever Increasing Weight of Burden and Unescapable Compassion
An Ever Increasing Weight of Burden and Unescapable Compassion

An Ever Increasing Weight of Burden and Unescapable Compassion

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

every year goes on. being and caring and listening to others, whoever and how close you are and care and empathize and sympathize and take in, and as the world does and society does,...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

To Remember: Similar and Familiar; Yet Increasingly Unreliable
To Remember: Similar and Familiar; Yet Increasingly Unreliable

To Remember: Similar and Familiar; Yet Increasingly Unreliable

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

waking up everyday we automatically go through the day based on the lessons and life or experience from all the days before. but each day it gets different and less recognizable. sam...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Intersection of What Is, What Was, What Ought to Be, and What May Very Well
The Intersection of What Is, What Was, What Ought to Be, and What May Very Well

The Intersection of What Is, What Was, What Ought to Be, and What May Very Well

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

i have a punishingly vivid memory of places, moments, occurences. a lot of them are great or benign. but the hard ones are equal. and i hope to always use those memories towards the ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

It Passed in the Slow Distance; A Congenial Slumber
It Passed in the Slow Distance; A Congenial Slumber

It Passed in the Slow Distance; A Congenial Slumber

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

the past looks like a tunnel when you turn around, but its important to find comfort and understanding in it to sleepthe past looks like a tunnel when you turn around, but its import...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

What is Called Wilderness is Now Called Peace

What is Called Wilderness is Now Called Peace

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The world was once and still seen as the wild and the civilized. colonialization and the development of the world post argues that they will bring peace to the places that were once ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

It Was Once Here, and I Was Once There

It Was Once Here, and I Was Once There

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Trying to come to terms with consciousness and time. how we change and try to remember all the memories now not as trusted as once was.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

And To Witness Again, It Could Not Be Longer

And To Witness Again, It Could Not Be Longer

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

if reincarnation or a loop in quantum time exists, it could not compare to what it has been in this experience.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Attempting to Grasp What The Glass Cannot Contain

Attempting to Grasp What The Glass Cannot Contain

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We can only perceive and control so much as a human. Yet we all constantly demand more to avoid the inevitability of time.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

I’m Different and It’s Different, but We Are Both the Same
I’m Different and It’s Different, but We Are Both the Same

I’m Different and It’s Different, but We Are Both the Same

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Everyday we wake up in a room. It's the same, similar. but its different. and every time you wake up in the room there are more memories.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Where I Was and Where I Don’t Want to Be

Where I Was and Where I Don’t Want to Be

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Listings with rich descriptions are 40% more likely to sell and this was made 3 months leading up to my divorce.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

So Engulfed in Making One; The Point Was Left Meaningless
So Engulfed in Making One; The Point Was Left Meaningless

So Engulfed in Making One; The Point Was Left Meaningless

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

It is so easy, within our nature and defense mechanisms to get so heated, riled up, loud and confrontational, that we can forget what we are trying to stand up for, argue for, and th...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Long Story Short: It was Both... Breathtaking and Meaningless
Long Story Short: It was Both... Breathtaking and Meaningless

Long Story Short: It was Both... Breathtaking and Meaningless

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The last year of my life, and life in general, has been a whirlwind of experiences. In a physical sense, I was fortunate enough to travel and show my work around the country and wor...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

The Calming Content of the Endurance
The Calming Content of the Endurance

The Calming Content of the Endurance

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Life is a long journey of harshness, honesty, brutality and mistakes. But it is validated in the experience and in the recognition of the the finite.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Anguish Revisited
Anguish Revisited

Anguish Revisited

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

There is so much in not only dealing with existing, but the endless chaos and factors surrounding and stimulating whatever this is. As I've gotten older its been harder to find the n...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Photophobia
Photophobia

Photophobia

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

My best friend always told me i have black eyes. They are dark, but black eyes dont exist. Everyone with brighter eyes told me the light hurts their eyes and head. Life only hurts m...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

My Eyes Did Not Deceive; It Was Not a Mirage
My Eyes Did Not Deceive; It Was Not a Mirage

My Eyes Did Not Deceive; It Was Not a Mirage

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Sometimes life and existence can feel like a prison. you dont know when it started and where it came from. hopeless can feel real. but there is still always what you were wondering t...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

I Used to Reckon Where I Would Be
I Used to Reckon Where I Would Be

I Used to Reckon Where I Would Be

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Memories of being 5 and my dad showing my the Kingston Trio and Harry Belafonte and him singing along. I miss that.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

It Once Felt Like an Eternity, Is Now All Too Short
It Once Felt Like an Eternity, Is Now All Too Short

It Once Felt Like an Eternity, Is Now All Too Short

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

The drive from Philadelphia to my hometown, York, used to seem like an eternity 16 years ago. As time has flown by, so has the drive. What once seemed like most a day, is a blip of...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Parched and Determined/Graves to Beginnings
Parched and Determined/Graves to Beginnings

Parched and Determined/Graves to Beginnings

By Brian Jerome

Located in Philadelphia, PA

After a treacherous year of change and the emotional brutality and transition of life, I engaged on a physical and, non-intended, journey through mental revival. To leave old rumina...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

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