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Vanden and the Chicken, 2022
Oil on Wood Panel
29 x 36
Oil on Wood Panel
“This painting is about hope and survival. I painted this portrait of my nephew Vanden after he lost his dad (my brother), to suicide. In the days after his dad’s death, Vanden was fixated above all else on saving his favorite chicken from his backyard coop. Here they are together.
“The subjects of my work are family members and friends painted against the backdrop of the American Midwest and the iconography of my childhood - wood paneling, taxidermy deer, catfish, the big sky and open plains. I examine the resilience found in the everyday, even as we are shaped by difficult realities.”
Jacob Hayes earned his BFA from the University of Kansas and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. A recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, his work has been featured in New American Paintings (Issue #156), and he was a semifinalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian. His paintings have been exhibited at the BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London as well as Forum Gallery, and Flowers Gallery in NYC. Jacob currently lives and paints in New Hampshire.
29 x 36
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Vanden and the Chicken, 2022
Oil on Wood Panel
29 x 36
“This painting is about hope and survival. I painted this portrait of my nephew Vanden after he lost his dad (my brother), to suicide. In the days after his dad’s death, Vanden was fixated above all else on saving his favorite chicken from his backyard coop. Here they are together.
“The subjects of my work are family members and friends painted against the backdrop of the American Midwest and the iconography of my childhood - wood paneling, taxidermy deer, catfish, the big sky and open plains. I examine the resilience found in the everyday, even as we are shaped by difficult realities.”
Jacob Hayes earned his BFA from the University of Kansas and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. A recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, his work has been featured in New American Paintings (Issue #156), and he was a semifinalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian. His paintings have been exhibited at the BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London as well as Forum Gallery, and Flowers Gallery in NYC. Jacob currently lives and paints in New Hampshire.
29 x 36
Oil on Wood Panel
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Vanden and the Chicken, 2022
Oil on Wood Panel
29 x 36
Oil on Linen Mounted on Cradled Panel
25 x 30
“This painting is about hope and survival. I painted this portrait of my nephew Vanden after he lost his dad (my brother), to suicide. In the days after his dad’s death, Vanden was fixated above all else on saving his favorite chicken from his backyard coop. Here they are together.
“The subjects of my work are family members and friends painted against the backdrop of the American Midwest and the iconography of my childhood - wood paneling, taxidermy deer, catfish, the big sky and open plains. I examine the resilience found in the everyday, even as we are shaped by difficult realities.”
Jacob Hayes earned his BFA from the University of Kansas and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. A recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant, his work has been featured in New American Paintings (Issue #156), and he was a semifinalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian. His paintings have been exhibited at the BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London as well as Forum Gallery, and Flowers Gallery in NYC. Jacob currently lives and paints in New Hampshire.