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Black Water is part of the
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Many time people have commented that they loved the background in an image and wondered why I didn't just stop there. For me often times the idea is the thing and the background, however beautiful is merely the venue upon which to present something tangible and concrete. I think most of my art is abstract as I am always on looking for the intrinsic value of the thing, the way it should be, not the way it is. However I do occasionally stop to let the free flowing form be instead of having my tortured canvas lying on the ground screaming at me to stop painting on it. Here are a few non-representational works, sprinkled in with my more tangible abstracts -Jake