Jay Burriss Art  Music Nationwide

this is Jailhouse, the last Drawing before the arm break 16"x14" pen & ink on heavy paper $500 original

And this is Reflect, a Scrib that looks cool at low rez - orginal pen & ink on paper 28"x19" $700

Tex Turre original pen & ink on card stock 29"x20" $500

And one for fun, over colorized version of Pear Lake

This is as close to an Artist Statement as you'll get from me.

This site is my own expression of what I do, a portfolio of possibilities. I've always had a hard time trying to define my work, my art, my self - I know I'm doing something with the formlessness of nature, giving it form yet retaining its formlessness. I remember in school I just couldn't come up with an explanation, but when I started messing with the words and language of expression, I became an English major and fell a few units short of an art degree. That didn't stop me from drawing - in fact, soon after I graduated I started screen-printing in the sign business, so I have always made my living doing art and graphics. Poetry doesn't pay but that will never stop me from writing songs. Never sold a novel or screenplay either, but I still love well told stories. In my art I hope people will read stories, see imagery that maybe wasn't intended, but that's okay. Art does not come from intellect or ego - I believe it comes through us as we allow it to, when we're not blocking the energy with our own static/ego/thought/doubt. When I start thinking about money and survival the flow stops. You have to allow it to flow before you can manipulate it, coax it into form. Allow the spirit to inhabit you, and trust it to guide your hand, your ear, your eye or what ever structure you have in place.

Limited editions on the giclee page.

This tree is not in California, it is in Milton, Massachusetts.

And this is exploring whole new possibilities!