Jason Bernhardt is a native San Franciscan, who has been active in the local arts and music scene for a number of years. Originally a musician both here and internationally, Jason is now also a working artist and sculptor. His organic pieces are reflections of his appreciation for nature and its evolving condition. Self taught, Jason's creativity is unique, leaving raw stone to blend with polished figures simultaneously portraying both life and its decay. Existence is the underlying theme of his works.

     Jason is a reguler visiting artist and teaches at the Urban School of San Francisco, his work is shown locally and has been sold to collectors nationally. As well as creating original pieces, Jason also works closely with clients on commissions and site specific work. To learn more about the collection, where to purchase or how to commission a piece, please contact Jason directly. 

Rob Cox paints the urban landscape as well as figures and everyday objects. He talks about painting being about paint. "It's about the application of colors and pigment to the surface. I want the viewer to see the process of painting. The scrumbled brush strokes and lumps of paint are as integral to the work as the illusion of a roadway in the distance." Rob

Born to a father, a political refugee, imprisoned for his nationality, shot through the chest, saved by a stranger who subsequently bore me. As an infant, homeless, perplexed by the thud of bombs exploding. At puberty, found that I was closest to foreigners, refugees and subversives. Married someone from a different continent, who had suffered at the hands of bigots. Taunted as an enemy alien, arrested for possession of recorded music, separated by authorities from my family, crossing borders illicitly, mounted police trampling me underfoot. My relatives persecuted by the secret police simply because of their relationship to me, and dying at the hands of the regime. Is it any wonder that I discovered release in an engagement with art and pure aesthetics. Is it any wonder that I find myself creating works concerned with politics and social issues.

A painting, and the study of painting can be about many things simultaneously.  On one level they are about color and spatial relationships - both formal and felt.  Within the construct of an interior space,  I use the reflections or images within the painting as the drivers of personal content.

My work is a reflection of the time in which I am living. History, geography and folklore gathered in my travels are motivating factors. The human condition is described throughout my work. I see artistic value in the abandoned and beauty in the broken whether people or objects. I consciously use cast away items to invent the time and tone in each piece. A variety of artistic means are the vehicle that allows the work to reflect my vision. I think of my work in literary terms as visual poetry. Each piece is self-contained. My intentions are both emotive and personal.