Jeff Randall Rosenfield

By Mat Gleason



The new media work of Jeff Randall Rosenfield delivers meditative visual articulations of epic themes. The strength of fine art is its ability to go beyond words and emote meaning as truth clearer than diction ever can. In that regard, Rosenfield is an artist we might call Herculean.

The thread running throughout most of his artworks is the tentative nature of both repose and motion. Take for instance his photographic manipulation entitled “I and I”. The concept of the separate, higher self expressed in this familiar, poetic term is a philosophical idea so vast that to understand it could require a cerebral journey. Rosenfield blends the action of a dancer’s repose with her physical undulation to the music. Which is the higher self: The dancer in the middle of what she does or at the moment she knows to begin what she has mastered? That is the riddle of “I and I” as a concept and manifested in the majesty of Jeff’s finished artwork.

Throughout all these pictures, there are double exposures of subjects more subtly moving, all surrounded by an eclectic chiaroscuro between brilliant colors and fateful darkness. Some images bounce about the picture plane; others...

ARTIST STATEMENT

My father was a fine artist (watercolor and sculpture) who created art each day of his life for all of his 93 years. I was educated as a musician and studied all forms of composition. I continue to live my life in the capture of music- not a day goes by when I don't create music.

Although I am clearly a 21st century artist, my work features objects and activities that are often centuries old, and create a unique comment on the world around us. After many years in advertising and marketing, I left the business world to focus on the care of my child with special needs. During those early years, I studied digital art and began to create unique pieces as expressions of the new life I was living. Now, over a decade later, I continue to expand and search for visual methods to evoke complex emotions and experiences. I begin with a photo- an image of something that has a common familiarity with each of us, yet can be experienced individually on a personal level. From there, I never really know where the piece will go. Perhaps it’s my early days as a jazz musician that reminds me to let the piece happen…give it just enough form and structure, then let my head and heart take it somewhere distinct, instant, and unencum...

Artwork available as limited edition, hand-signed giclees on canvas at original dimensions and as gallery-quality prints on various papers and sizes.