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Jesse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:09:11 +0000

Things are moving right along. artdc.org is growing, and I’m getting the feeling that great things will come to our city. Recently I had the opportunity to view a work by Richard Serra, and I was knocked out. In this world there are some amazing artists, but you know that. What inspiration. It makes me want to spend some time learning about sculpture and installation art. Visit artdc.org and post about your favorite artists and why you like them. I’d love to learn about your inspiration.

During the day, I’m still working at Georgetown, this time I’m working as a Technician for a Med-School Microbiology class. This has been quite an experience working in large numbers like this. It reminds me of my days out of college working in a production lab. It’s a different world from research, but still a great feeling to produce an experiment that works.

In the mean time, check out the progress at dcbio.org, the community is growing there…

Artist’s Statement

Jesse — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:29:59 +0000

In the field of molecular biology we work with systems and materials that are understood but not seen. Our experiments and processes are viewed secondhand through results of chemical interactions left on a plate or a photographic image of a gel marked by a passing reaction. Our work seems to exist at an odd intersection between the abstract and the concrete.

My work is representative of that idea. If you draw close to any object, soon it begins to take on abstract qualities. For example, we are used to seeing still-life images at a certain distance; arm’s length or more. Yet, once you enter into a flower’s stamen for a look around, you’ve arrived at Terra Incognita where everything is fresh and unknown.

In these images I’ve moved in close for a different view, focusing sharply on human curves or a flower’s organs. This sets the image clearly in the real world with an abstract composition, yet lets the fields dissolve into the sensuous contrasting forms that are unnoticed periphery in everything we see.

artdc.org Founder’s Statement

Jesse — Thu, 24 May 2007 00:25:22 +0000

In the art scene, new artists are often unintentionally hidden from the public. Artists must create and allow for their own discovery through active networking.

artdc.org’s goal is to fill this gap in the Washington, DC art scene by providing an environment for emerging and established artists to communicate with each other, with galleries and with collectors. artdc.org was created to allow us to push our art scene and our own development through our expanded communication.