Jesus Was a Sailor — Brett Amory

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JESUS WAS A SAILOR

OAKLAND · 2022

Statement

Five paintings between 2018 and 2022. The title borrows Leonard Cohen. The figures are in-between, caught mid-gesture, neither saved nor lost.

WORKS ⧓

Sex Magic Suicide

Sex Magic Suicide Ink and oil on canvas, 48x60", 2021

perLeft Oil and ink on canvas, 48x60", 2022

Jesus Was a Sailor

Jesus Was a Sailor Ink and oil on canvas, 48x60", 2021

Black Ghost Ink and oil on wood, 36x30", 2022

The Sea Took the Whale

The Sea Took the Whale Ink and oil on wood and panel, 2018

In Itself Oil on canvas, 2019

INSTALLATION ⧓

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