REPROBATES, LOWLIFES & OTHER DREAMERS
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Working in acrylics and canvas, Jett had his first professional showing at the age of 17. Throughout the 1980s and into the early 90s, his work was exhibited in galleries and public spaces throughout the American Southwest.
In the mid 1990s, after years of working in jobs as diverse as restaurant cook, class ring manufacturing plant worker, plastics factory line worker, and convenience store clerk to support his art career, Jett began working in graphic design and illustration for the printing industry. Graphics proved a good fit for him, providing a steady income and the occasional opportunity to exercise his creativity.
In 2003, after the birth of his son necessitated leaving his full-time graphics
job, Jett tentatively picked up his acrylics, brushes, and an arsenal of art tools once again.
Jett’s current work is mixed media, primarily sculptural/3D, and leans heavily into the conceptual and narrative side of the art spectrum.
“My work reflects a lifetime study of humanity as seen through the somewhat surreal lens of my blue-collar Texas youth and wild well-travelled adulthood. My work is semi autobiographical in that the quirky characters I create —human, animal, or even alien— are reflections of the characters I’ve actually met and the unique traits that made them them.
As profound as it is playful, my work contains any number of social and psychological themes beneath the veneer of humor and eccentricity. Like actors playing their parts in an unwritten play, my work invites the viewer to craft a personal narrative about circumstance, identity, and purpose for the characters they are seeing.”