Our Featured Artist
is Jaymi Zents
On this page, Vancura Gallery will highlight one of the artists we represent.
Here you can see a collection of that artist's work.
You can find her Artist Statement at the bottom of the page.

"Trappings" Graphite on dishcloth, rouge 6" x 29.5" $1,600.00	"Cupid" Acrylic on paper Unframed 8" x 12" $70.
"Fallfly" Sold	"Floater" Colored Pencil on paper 23" x 19.5" Framed by Artist $850.oo
"Out of the Wood" Pencil, acrylic on Birch Panel 7.5 x 18,Double Framed Sold	"Close" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist $1,000.00
"Merge: Rain Sprout" Colored Pencil, acrylic on Birch Panel Framed by the artist 8"x 13" $400.00	"Merge: Luna" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed by the artist 8"x13" $400.00
"Merge:Grove" Colored Pencil, acrylic on Birch Panel Framed by the artist 8"x 13" $400.00	"Channeling" Colored Pencil, acrylic on Birch Panel Framed by the artist 10"x 12" $350.00
"Meander" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 38"x16" $2,500.00	"Immersion" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 20"x23" $2,500.00
"Give & Take" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 15"x27" $1,580.00	"Dream Catcher" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 14"x27" $1,580.00
"Pillar II" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 12"x29" $1,200.00	"Pillar I" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 12"x29" $1,200.00
"Pillar III" Colored Pencil on Birch Panel Framed in black wood by the artist 12"x29" $1,200.00

Jaymi Zent's "Artist's Statement":

"The past several years have marked a concern with the impact of containment upon the human figure within my work.   Whether bound by trappings that have been imposed upon the body or bound by those that the body has created itself, containment can suggest both restraint and protection concurrently.   The contradictions inherent in dealing with the body - from the ephemeral elements of mood and thought to the visceral qualities and implications of flesh - are compounded by the reaction of the skin to boundaries.

Figurative subjects allow study of the relationships and co-dependence of dualities:   The repugnant to the pure; Immobility and entrapment to freedom; The hidden and suppressed to the exposed and uncontrolled; Chaos to quiet.

Material choices are also indicative of the importance of the contrary. Delicately drawn surfaces are countered by more visceral components.   Hair and skins, despite bearing a sometimes grotesque quality, suggest empathy, as items all have had a relationship with in life.

In the context of relics, the rawhides find an importance and preciousness, but as rawhides, they reveal indifference as a discard, a leftover.  Imagery upon this type of skin introduces contemporary notions of identity, adornment, and sacrifice.

Similarly, silk plays the beautiful against the gross:   A luxurious cloth born of the excretions of silkworms, silk is precious, yet purposeful as it protects fragile young during development in cocoons.   Wax is another common byproduct often used in my work. A temperamental substance, it will collect the body warmth of those who touch it for any period of time, eventually gathering fingerprints of those who have come in contact, garnering an identity and past for itself.

Such highly organic mediums are suited particularly well to my work.   In part, because in their raw state, there is often an element of intrinsic repulsion to counter any beauty they possess, but also, because they have a past and meaning pertinent to everyday life. Everyone has an experience or memory tethered to them.

Frequent classical references, especially of the Italian Renaissance, influence my treatment of the human form. While nursery rhymes and fairy tales bear impact upon some of the mood, ultimately, all of my work relates intimately to the body, to its frailties and strengths.   Containment is almost always indicated in some form or another, be it the body itself or some element imposed upon the body.   The figure’s response to boundaries provides impetus to explore the intense vulnerabilities inherent to the flesh, all the while prompting an awareness of its resilience.