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Texture and color come into play within the newest work. Complex in it's design, provides the viewer a visual dance in imagination. 

Art lovin Cows

"Art lovin Cows"


This is one of the best photo's I have taken with my art afloat......I've yet to find another group of cows so into abstract art.

"About last Night" 38"x50"

"About Last Night" 
This piece was created using an old pair of Levi's a friend was about to throw away. I had no idea just how I was going to incorporate them into a work of art, It took several weeks for an idea to form. I found that trying to manipulate them on the base was a little more difficult than I thought it would have been. Being that the jeans were the same size and I wanted a male female appearance to the art, I simply placed the male higher and had the female arch her back and kick her heel up.Love Love Love it

"Love at the Border"

Seeker-Artist-Father-Nomad

He is passionate about his art and how he creates. the roots of Jack Durnford's art stems from the use of non-traditional art materials reflecting a world closely related to industrial and architectural references. The literal aspect of the work engages a dialogue of what is found and seen in nature. the artist uses construction  materials in non-traditional ways to reflect and refract light which will not sit still. The art becomes a playground allowing light to temporarily dance across the surface, allowing the viewer to witness a stunning ephemeral moment. With nature being a driving force within his art.Now has begun to use different bodies of water as a temporary gallery for displaying his art.

"Seldom Seen" art Tour

Hot Spring in the Owens River valley. I had found several hot springs in this valley some well known others not so well known. This one is very special as it has a wonderful view of Mammoth Mountain as you sit in the pool. I enjoyed this view for 3 hours this day.

"Seldom Seen" art Tour

I drove up to Upper Twin lakes in the mammoth lakes basin for this shot. I could not drive all the way up to Horseshoe lake as the road is still covered by snow. This art has certainly seen some water this past week.

Waterworks part of the "Seldom Seen" art tour

Mono Lake in California was the back drop for this image. I was at the south Tufa's when I took this.

Any Drain will Do

  During the recent rain the drain in front of my studio began to overflow. I was under the threat of a flood and no sandbags, I was totally unprepared for this event. I put on my boots grabbed a rake and lifted the cover of the storm drain. It was blocked with grass and sticks, I cleared the debris and as it was draining it had this cool whirlpool. I dashed into the studio placed these 4 8"x8" pieces into the water and watched them dance around.

As you can see "Any Drain will Do"

Spring Hail

A freakish spring hailstorm came passing through the other day,thwarted all my outdoor plans. Had art that needed some sun to dry that certainly was not going to happen. As I sat at the studio roll up door and watched all the storm drains fill up with water and hail it occurred to me. Rather than be slowed by Mother nature I seized this opportunity. I had these small pieces that would fit perfectly within the pooling water.

Tahoe Challenge

This had to have been one of the worst days to attempt this. 35 mph winds gusts to 50, cold water cold air. I was wearing my wetsuit to get the art out to where I wanted it. This was certainly a challenge I love the results. I narrowly escaped destroying this piece on a large rock I dove in and saved it at the last minute. Lake Tahoe at it's best

Tahoe experiment

I had this idea while doing a show up at Tahoe this past summer. I want to do a floating art installation on Lake Tahoe. Last evening I took "Journey" to the river next to my home and floated them as a test run. As you can see it was a huge success. Now I need to get some press up at the lake to cover this event.

"Traveling Guitars"

"Traveling Guitars"

33"x48"

This piece was inspired by several places.

My show up at the Strawberry Music Festival, a photo of my former wife playing a guitar and by my love of music and a desire to play guitar.

This was my first art piece of this style and I really enjoyed creating it. I have been told that I at times seem unfocused in my creation of art? Meaning, I guess I create so many different styles of my art. My canned response to such comments is from Picasso.

"All children are artists, The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up"

If you have ever watched a child finger paint you will notice that what the create never looks the same. However each piece is beautiful in it's own way

"Hush of Evening"

"Hush of Evening" is a series of work based on Sunsets and color. There will be only 10 pieces of work created for this body of work then there will be a cool down

"Shadows"

"Shadows"

I had tried some new techniques while creating "Shadows".

I wanted a slight concave surface to the piece so I weighted the back as I applied my material and let it set up so I had a less than straight surface. I then stood upon the piece so I could create some stress fractures within the art.

"Shadows is the third piece created in these hues and style.

"Life's Run

"Life's Run was created over the past three weeks.

There were times when I thought it looked much different than what i had envisioned. This past Sunday I honestly thought it was a complete disaster. It looked like a mud puddle. The colors were flat and I was just dreading the thought I had lost it. There are many elements and techniques that I had used within this piece and for it not to come out was awful. Well all my concerns are now gone this is one of my better works, there is so much depth and interest within the piece. "It is true eye candy"

These are some of the antique wooden blocks I use on my spiritual art. I have collected these since 1976. Some from Nepal some from India.

It is amazing that there is no wear on them over the past 10 years of my use.

I had all these concrete core samples and was

wondering what I could use them for.

Took me forever to come up with the idea

that they may be used as a table base.

This table is in an art gallery in Palo Alto, Ca.

"Time Change"

"Time Change" is the second piece of its kind, It measures 60"x60" and it's base is 2"rigid foam insulation that I collected from a home being remodeled. Some of implements used for the design were found in the parking lot of the Cal Neva casino in North Shore lake Tahoe when they to were in the midst of a remodel.