Just Don't Overthink It No. 6

Jeremy Gesualdo is a multi-media artist working and living in Toronto, Canada. Starting his career as a fine art photographer, many of Jeremy’s early pieces used appropriated images that he threw into abstraction, using a multitude of materials and techniques like collage and embroidery. This fascination with abstract art led to Jeremy’s latest endeavours in abstract expressionist, multi-media paintings. Using motion and the juxtaposition of shape, colour and texture, a story reveals itself on the canvas. Graduating from Ryerson University with a degree in Fine Art, Jeremy has sold and exhibited work nationally and internationally across the US and Europe. His work has been published in several art publications and has work in the permanent collection of The Beaverbrook Provincial Art Gallery of New Brunswick.

"'Just Don’t Overthink It' is my first conceptual body of work as an abstract expressionist mixed media painter. The series marks a significant point in my career as an artist. Ironically, I did nothing but overthink the placement of every scratch, scribble and splash of paint in these pieces. As a formally trained fine art photographer, it took years of working through my self-doubt to feel confident enough to share my work as a multimedia artist. With this series, I want to convey a visual conversation between the viewer and I that not only captures the kinetic energy that went into creating each piece, but also conveys emotion and vulnerability.  A harsh scribble representing a moment of frustration, or a bright splatter of paint depicting a burst of laughter with a friend."