Jesse Bell
Artist Statement
Jesse Bell is from Marshall, MI and received his BA in Visual Arts from Olivet College. Since that time, Bell has been creating work that strives to condense his visual language into two-dimensional imagery. Focusing primarily on the abstraction and visual interaction of organic shapes in various painting mediums, he employs symbols and detached iconography to create what he refers to as “visual poems”. bell has shown in numerous group and solo shows throughout the Upper Midwest and currently resides in Milwaukee, WI. Inspiration for his work comes from many unassuming places – an errant line, a whirl of handwriting, the prickly thatch of cross-hatched marks, a splatter of ink – each element. contributing in its own unique way to the formation of his pieces. The visual interplay of these symbols and forms is an ever evolving process of discovery and modification. This lends itself to countless and varied motifs.
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