Jesse Aldana

Glitter, Oil Painting

2022

Artist Comments
The last rays of the sun descend in artist Jesse Aldana's striking realist seascape. He captures the green flash, a notoriously ephemeral moment at sunset. Graceful waves delicately recede from the relaxed coastline. "In this painting, I remember a quiet walk on the shore that was set ablaze with deep greens and blues by a golden band on the horizon," shares Jesse.

About the Artist
California artist Jesse Aldana uses the ritual of sunrise and sunset to capture the spirit of the west. Using a hybrid of realist brushwork and an almost surreal absence of humans, Jesse documents residential neighborhoods, main thoroughfares and coastal scenes across the great city of Los Angeles. Reminiscent of Ed Ruscha, Jesse’s work acts as both a record of the current landscape as well as a metaphor for the openness and sense of opportunity that continually draw settlers to the west coast. Jesse says of California, “the sky is an overwhelming presence.” He frames his big sky compositions with narrow palm trees and low-slung buildings at the periphery of the canvas to illustrate the scale of the scene. In doing so, the viewer can begin to appreciate the sentiment of the final frontier. Jesse works from a home studio in Los Angeles using photographs that he takes of the surrounding area as source material. He holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from The New York Academy of Art. He regularly exhibits at the Beverly Hills Art Show.

Words that describe this painting: sunset, nature, walk, reflection, meditate, realism, landscape, ocean, waves, seascape, realism, oil painting, blue

Glitter
Jesse Aldana
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2022
48 in. h x 48 in. w x 2 in. d
11 lbs. 0 oz.