Jay Petrow

Jay Petrow began painting in an abstract expressionist style in order to connect with and express his experience fathering an autistic child. He says, “The entire body of work approximates a place that I inhabit physically and psychologically. My goal in painting is to recreate on canvas what I am experiencing inside, from high states of agitation and angst to feelings of calm. ” Jay incorporates vibrant colors and layers textures on the canvas as he strives to reconstruct a path through his emotional world producing areas of high kinetic energy and serenity on the canvas.