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Jake Longstreth

Oakland-based painter Jake Longstreth paints anonymous, unpopulated built environments with admirable restraint. I find them timely.

Written by Paul Tulipana on July 3, 2009

Also worth mentioning is the sort of koan-like restraint aspired to by his bio, which I will now quote in full:

My subjects are chosen for what they are and how I might paint them.

Jake Longstreth: Karate

Karate, 2009

Jake Longstreth: Track and Field

Track and Field, 2009

Jake Longstreth: Lake Chambers

Lake Chambers, 2006
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Paul — Jul 3, 2009
 
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