Jeff Huntington: Painting

Jeff Huntington, the renowned American painter was born in 1970 in San Antonio, Texas. From early childhood, he was attracted to art and was determined to make his career out of it. In his teens, he started making tie-dyed T-shirts and selling them across the country with the band “Grateful Dead”. In 1990 he joined the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design in Washington D.C. and got his BFA in 1995.  He continued his study to earn his Masters in Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997. Since his first exhibition in 1992, Jeff has participated in over forty exhibitions and won numerous awards. In 2005, his work was showcased in exhibitions in ‘december 2005’ at the Alpan Gallery in Long Island,  ‘Transformer’s 2nd Annual Auction’ at the Fusebox in Washington, DC, and ‘Bill Newman and Friends: Uncommon Vision’ at the Arts Club of Washington, DC. Explore Jeff Huntington’s artworks and read through the life he has lead and the exceptional work he has done. Go through Jeff Huntington biography to explore this ravishing American artist. You can also think about buying Jeff Huntington’s artworks online.

Jeff Huntington has experimented with painting in various forms like portraiture, mural, oil on canvas, collages etc. His favourite art form is conceptual portraiture which says a story or depicts some historical event. He likes to paint portraits that are evolving and provoke thought among the viewers. Each picture is full of integrity and honesty as if it symbolises the energy and vivacity of its maker, portrait that sings, that speaks of the wonder of colour and form. Jeff Huntington’s biography notes all the curious experiments by this greatest painter. Know all about Jeff Huntington’s paintings and artworks. If you like the works by this great American artist don’t hesitate to buy Jeff Huntington’s artworks online.

Jeff Huntington is represented by galleries such as Porter Contemporary in New York, Reyes+Davis in D.C. and Gallery 1301 in Baltimore.

In 2014, his portrait "49@49" was displayed at 49 West Coffeehouse. Sarah Jun Calahan, co-owner of 49 West Coffeehouse, called Huntington's work "refreshingly different."

"His work is just phenomenal. Every time I see a piece, it's mesmerizing." Explore these works, al the Jeff Huntington’s artworks and if they intrigue you enough you can go ahead and buy Jeff Huntington’s artworks online.

However, Huntington is most hailed and criticised for his mural, shown in different places of America and other countries. One of them is the huge mural painted on the exterior of the Tsunami restaurant on West Street of Annapolis, shows a golden faced Buddha with a screaming nurse from the massacre scene in the soviet movie of 1925, which was simultaneously praised and criticised. Huntington justified it by saying, "Annapolis fancies itself an art town and progressive but for me, I just really want to kick the door down.”.

"A lot of artists have just laid down and given up because it's so difficult to do. Now, artists are going to work a little harder because part of this wall is knocked down."

"He's so bold and daring with the chances he takes and inevitably he's so successful. You just don't come across Jeff Huntington type of talent. It's so rare it's like Picasso", says Bill Newman, a former Corcoran Professor.
Arthur Kwon Lee, a former student of Huntington's, described his work as open minded.

"I call it visual chess. It's more of like a dialogue series with painting, this pull and pull with boundaries. He's sharing this really beautiful process with the public," he said.