This Ubiquitous Contentment for Whatever Was Occurring
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
What matters is how well you walk through the fire.
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic
This Ubiquitous Contentment for Whatever Was Occurring
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
What matters is how well you walk through the fire.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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
Oil, Acrylic
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
Oil, Acrylic
Ontological Ontology
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To relate to the fundamental nature of being, existence, or reality of being.
Acrylic, Oil
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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
Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
Oil, Acrylic
“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"
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
Ever Wandering Precariousness
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continuing to move forward in life, at the same time aware of the repercussions
Oil, Acrylic
$4,000
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
Inefficacious Conduction of a Track Already Contrived
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The song is written. its good. play it your own way and dont get yourself down.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
$1,800
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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" ...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
There Was a Return Home; A Place I Had Never Been and Always Came From
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
being in the moment, living it in. beginning to end. the was, were and will be. all at the same. and its weird.
Oil, Acrylic
$2,200
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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,...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
$3,800
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 ...
Oil, Acrylic
$2,600
After the Sun Faded and the Constellations Plummeted, I Never Felt Such Poise
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
i have been so fortunate to witness a lifetime eclipse and lay on a cold beach looking at stars and worrying about missles while holding hands with another26
Oil, Acrylic
Witnessing the Presence of Watching the Observer of the Incognizant
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remembering reliving the nostalgic memory of your past, who you are now, but have no idea who you will be3500
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
The Last Thing I Have to Take Apart Before I Rebuild an Entire Life
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Moving, restarting, unboxing, organizing, all to start the right way after all previous experience
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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.
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic
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...
Oil, Acrylic