Jared Bernstein

Optimistic Defeatist, 2025

Acrylic, oil stick and collage on canvas

193 × 165 cm

76 × 65 in

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About the Artwork

It’s unending
This pretending
At once
Heartwarming and
Heartrending
Flapping my wings
Magically ascending
Then
Suddenly descending
Spiraling and
Surrendering
No use competing
Everything’s fleeting
Exhausted from comparing
Tired of explaining
Intricacies are mind bending
Begging for deeper comprehending
The messages I’m sending
Decoding their meaning
Revealing what I’m concealing
Freewheeling is quite appealing
All outcomes are welcome
However this particular one’s pending
Awakening to the
Dawn of a new beginning
I’m not necessarily losing
But I’m not actually winning
Mainly cringing
Success has me grinning
Despite the underpinnings
Out of control
We’re collectively spinning
Personally I’m busy
Repenting on my sinning
Spicking and spanning
This persona I’m presenting
Needs vigorous reinventing
Unrelentingly lamenting
Getting my bearings
Then
Reorienting
Constricting then expanding
Imploding and impending
Facing the final ending
Ultimately intending
Foreseeing
To just enjoy
Well-being

About the Artist — Jared Bernstein

I search in my work, whether poetry, photography or painting, the humanistic approach. My work is free flowing and raw, reminiscent of the works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The primeval imagery and universality free me to explore my creative life without judgment.   
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