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Jesse Powell 

 
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 Goleta Beach
9 x 12 Oil $1700 
 
 
 
Devereux Moonrise
9 x 12 Oil $1700 
 
 
 
  Devereux Slough
9 x 12 Oil $1700 
 
 
Butterfly Beach
9 x 12 Oil $1700 
 

 
 Butterfly Evening
14 x 18 Oil $3200 
 
 Gaviota
8x10 $1750
 
Sunset sketch  
6x8 $950
 
 
 Biography
 

Jesse Powell was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. He has lived most of his life on the California coast, where he has developed a deep attachment and respect for a rapidly disappearing natural landscape.

A third generation artist, Jesse’s love for art stemmed at an early age, mostly from the influence of his father, nationally recognized artist John Powell. He now resides in Carmel, Ca.

Jesse graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in painting and drawing, and went on to study Russian Impressionism in the Republic of Georgia under the tutelage of Nicholai Dubovik, Ilya Yatsenko, and John Wurdeman.

His education has continued with numerous trips to the Scottsdale Artist School to study with painters such as Matt Smith, George Strickland, and Kenn Backhaus.

 

Grounded in a traditional approach of executing studio paintings from numerous outdoor studies.

Jesse’s work has received numerous awards, and has attracted the attention of major collectors such as Joan Irvine Smith and Jean Stern, the Executive Director of the Irvine Museum, which specializes in historical California Impressionism.

Jesse's paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including shows at The Laguna Art Museum,
The Pasadena Museum of California History,
The Pasadena Museum of California Art and
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

He is an artist member of the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society and a Signature Member of the California Art Club and the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

 
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