Jerome Bryerton’s artistic expression evolved from years of playing drums in rock, jazz and experimental groups. Performing solo or collaboratively, he’s toured and recorded internationally with many notable improvisers. Jerome is also part owner of a large industrial silk screening operation in Chicago.
While some may perceive a factory to be the antithesis to the creative process, Jerome’s imagination has been known to incorporate the errors of assembly line production into some of his art. Rejected test prints often made their way into many of his early canvases.
Strictly working within the medium of oil on canvas and applied with plexiglass. Jerome’s dense, moody abstractions and marbleized colors have been said to evoke controlled chaos, blurred memory and decay. His influences range from Masters such as Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, Luc Tuymans and Cy Twombly. Self-taught and skilled in improvisation, Jerome believes that everything starts with curiosity: if you’re curious about something and you’re willing to learn more about it, everything happens by itself.
