Jakob Fioole

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Inspired by: Charles “Teenie” Harris, Cotton Candy Booth Adriaen van Otade, Company in a Tavern

oil on linen

10″ x 8″

2024

Both works I’m responding to show settings from everyday life. People in a scene where food or drink plays a central, joyful role, making it feel familiar. It inspired me to use food as a disarming layer in my own painting.

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Jakob Fioole

Amerika

oil paint on linen

43″ x 63″

2020

Everyone’s a stranger here. In this place I’ve never been before but it feels so familiar. We have come from different locations to meet here briefly and continue onto diverse and unique destinations. Tomorrow there will be other travelers. It’s not only the people that come together, day in day out. My fascinations about the U.S. have gathered in this place as well. A country that is not anyone’s but has always felt familiar to so many. It’s fascinating, if you care to see it. I just like to be here, and watch.

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Jakob Fioole

We Will Be Here, For Ever and Ever

oil on linen

43″ x 59″

$9,000 (sold)

2020

We will be here, for ever and ever. The title and painting itself relate to many people who for whatever reason left home and came to America, like myself. Today’s world is filled with stories about generations starting over and all the experiences, good and bad, that come with that. I am fascinated by this complex process that is always in motion. An observer myself, I invite viewers to take in this painting and construct their own story. Who are these characters and what are they trying to do? Is this place being built or deconstructed? What is going on?

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