Jewitt’s (painting) process involves various discrete stages, often employing airbrush, marker, caulking gun, oil brush and oil stick. The abrasions and agreements between these layers constructs a hefty, vibrational visual story.
Extracting meaning from the commotion of colours and routes can be challenging. But airbrushed figures are the simple, poetical foundation. These gain elusive agency through an intuition of sensual pattern-making. The careful balance of forms and orientation within each frame is indispensable to Jewitt’s craft. Tiny pockets of negative space are preserved throughout, allowing intricacies and groupings to coexist.
Exposed canvas is an exceptionally unique feature of his paintings. Colours and shapes combine with childish boldness and the pieces convey an unashamedly naive interplay of materials. But the movement between the bare and the complicated is the strongest premise of his work.
