Mixer

Chrome and cream enamel give Mixer an appearance of uncomplicated clarity. Reaching that simplicity took Jeff months of concentrated work. Color relationships, the direction of a brushstroke, and the slightest change in placement all became decisions to consider.

He describes the painting as a process of distillation, editing one thing and strengthening another until nothing felt accidental. Its apparent ease carries the labor that made it possible. For Jeff, this depth of attention helps explain why an original painting can continue to reveal something new after years of living with it.