"Point Lobos"
Oil on Canvas
24x18


Barely in his early 30s, Jesse Powell has already achieved a remarkable distinction as an American landscape painter.  His work proclaims his full and complete mastery of color and natural light.  In keeping with the traditions of Albert Bierstadt and Edgar Payne, Powell paints numerous outdoor oil sketches prior to creating  his majestic testaments to nature.  He discerns and embraces aspects of true natural light and presents them to the viewer in a way that is uniquely his own.

Jean Stern
Director, Irvine Museum