Jack is a Chicago resident originally from northwestern Connecticut. He enjoys working in abstract with mixed media, and many paintings include sculptural elements.

Jack focuses his work on understanding what it means, as an individual, to exist both within the world and in contention with it, with others, and as an other. His abstract works are inspired by human interactions, navigation (of all kinds), and geographical exploration. Through these journeys, he gains a deeper understanding of what it means to be human in this world. Jack is inspired by maps, street signs, and other directional ephemera that he collects while cycling in and around the Chicago area, as well as other found objects. His paintings and sculptures are where items that would otherwise be lost to neglect find their place, their home, in a world that is often hostile to things that may not fit anywhere else. He hopes to create work that gives everyone permission to feel welcome in their community and to share space with others, even if they are simply seeking refuge and rest from a chaotic world.

Through his work, Jack has explored his own fascination with the “you are here” location dot found on stationary public maps. Additionally, using images of extinct species and logarithmic tables, he begs the viewer to ponder their place in time and space. Recently, Jack has used his art to explore tensions between orientation and disorientation, while working to understand the relationships that bloom from each. Using canvases featuring symmetrical compositions of intersecting circles and paths whose implied movements advance toward and recede from both canvas and viewer, he exposes the consequences of physical, emotional, and psychological influence. By offering viewers a look at one imprint, on and from a given location, he invites them to examine their own, as well as that of their fellow humans. Jack also explores how our own existence has consequences for the world around us by using animals that have gone extinct or are going extinct, mostly due to human involvement.