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  • Field of Dreams
    Field of Dreams
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  • In the Moment
    In the Moment
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  • The Source: Miles Davis
    The Source: Miles Davis
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  • Impulse 1
    Impulse 1
    Available for Purchase

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About Jerry

Baltimore County  

My art negotiates the fluidity, urgency and rhythmic beauty of jazz and blues music and the cultural and social dimensions of the global African diaspora. My love for art and music is inseparable, and I can't remember a time when I haven't sketched or painted. As an artist, I have never been locked into a single style of painting; instead, I have incorporated the flexibility of each medium and the versatility of the musicians who inspire and influence me as the vehicles through… more

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Pipeline II

There has been racial bias at every stage of the American criminal justice system. Black men make up the largest percentage of inmates in state and federal custody.

  • Incarceration
    Incarceration
    Available for Purchase
  • Stolen Moments
    Stolen Moments
    Available for Purchase
  • Don't Shoot
    Don't Shoot

    Size: 30" x 40"  Media: acrylics on panel

    Available for Purchase
  • Incarceration
  • Stolen Moments
  • Don't Shoot

    • The Love of Jazz

    I seriously began listening and studying jazz music and the the musicians who produced the music around the age of 30. The most impactful rare jewels of creative knowledge and wisdom that I learned from these artists was to truly be yourself and to just "keep digging"

    • Karma
      Karma

      Size: 30 1/8" x 40 3/16"    Media: acrylics on panel

      Available for Purchase
    • Autumn Leaves
      Autumn Leaves

      Size: 36" x 48"     Media: acrylics on panel

      Available for Purchase
    • Moonlight Serenade
      Moonlight Serenade

      Size: 23 3/4" x 24 3/16"    Date: 2013   Media: acrylics on panel 

      Available for Purchase
    • Mercy Mercy
      Mercy Mercy

      Size: 24 x 24 1/2"   Media: mixed media collage

      Available for Purchase
    • Finding the Blue Note
      Finding the Blue Note

      Size: 24" x 28"    Media: acrylics on board

      Available for Purchase
    • Explorations
      Explorations

      Size: 24" x 36"   Media: acrylics on board

      Available for Purchase
    • Invitation
      Invitation

      Size: 22" x 30"   Date: 2023    Media: mixed media on paper

      Available for Purchase
    • Jazzin'
      Jazzin'

      Size: 24" x 30"  Media: acrylics on board

      Available for Purchase
  • Karma
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Moonlight Serenade
  • Mercy Mercy
  • Finding the Blue Note
  • Explorations
  • Invitation
  • Jazzin'

    • Women of the Diaspora

    These images are a historical chronicle tracing the struggles, resilience and evolving roles of African women in America.

    • Maiden Voyage
      Maiden Voyage

      Size: 18" x 46"   Media: acrylics on panel

      Available for Purchase
    • Still Standing
      Still Standing

      Size: 18" x 24"    Date: 2015    Media: acrylics on board

      Available for Purchase
  • Maiden Voyage
  • Still Standing

    • Blue Magic

    To highlight jazz icons.

    • Bright Moments Roland Kirk
      Bright Moments Roland Kirk

      Size: 22" x 30"   Date: 2021   Media: mixed media

      Available for Purchase
    • Miles
      Miles

      Size: 22" x 30"   Date: 2021   Media: mixed media

      Available for Purchase
  • Bright Moments Roland Kirk
  • Miles