About the Artist

Jarrod Becker is a contemporary Kentucky artist. He shows his work under the name, jabart.

I love the theatricality of painting existing as an action or happening in a real moment time but re-enacted or pretended in a visual from something taken from a true thought or reality – dramatic representation as an art or profession.

“Precision often destroys the dream” – a phrase given to me by a friend reading an article about Gaugin who said that this reminded them of my work.

I love the messiness and wildness of making art and the perfectness found in imperfection.

Through expressive strokes and intentional chaos, I aim to capture the raw, untamed aspects of the human spirit

Using a plethora of mixed media found in my studio at hands reach, I try to build richly layered works that invite tactile and emotional engagement. My art is a celebration of imperfection, an ongoing exploration of the balance between chaos and harmony, and a testament to the quiet resilience embedded in everyday life.

“I like energy to come from my work while also containing an easy going carefree kind of attitude stemming from the boldness and confidence of the strokes. And yet that ‘wildness’ is also carefully tamed and encapsulated by a compelling sense of compositional strength.”