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Jernigan's sensitivity to line, edge, shape, thinness/thickness of paint and color relationships make his work stand out. It goes beyond Hoffman's "push and pull" and the lessons of Mondrian.

- Nathan Rutkowski, Artist and Juror, Philadelphia Sketch Club's "Absolutely Abstract" show

 

"JERNIGAN'S PAINTINGS ARE ALL COLOR AND LINE, but they resonate as something more than formal exercises. The local artist takes inspiration from geography, both rural and urban, for the mixed-media pictures in “Sound of Line,” his Park View Gallery show. But the wiry pencil, pastel, or charcoal marks that underlie the color blocks also suggest architecture, especially when Jernigan draws arch-like shapes. The sketchy lines also pack metaphorical meaning: In his statement, the artist teases several possibilities, including the links of “a city built on networking.”

- Mark Jenkins, DisCerning Eye

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"His work is a fantastic riot of color! Jernigan disguises his affinity for putting color on canvas in the context of landscape. But what he delivers is something that everyone who paints – at one time or another – struggles with: let the color describe and represent the image, not the other way around!"

- F. Lennox Campello​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Teaching Update! Come spend a week with me in Quebec City this summer! I'll be teaching a one-week immersive retreat and vacation workshop in pastel landscape! Click on the photo below to learn more and register!​