Painting the Scene at the Davis Estates
Painting the Scene at the Davis Estates, Calistoga, Napa Valley, Jeremy Sutton, 2018, diptych, 72″ x 30″, acrylic, ink and oil stick on canvas This diptych comprises two 36 x 30 canvases, the first painted during a reception on the beautiful deck of the Davis Estates, and the second painted while guests enjoyed a sumptuous […]
Breakdancing at the Daybreaker!
The common theme across my art – whether painting on canvas, iPad or in VR – is taking risk and improvising in the moment. You can see me doing that on the dance floor, or should I say on the grand staircase of the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda, when I breakdanced at a 50s […]
Future Presence at Kepler’s
iPad Sketch Notes
This iPad sketch/notes was drawn (using iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Procreate app) at Kepler’s Bookstore, Menlo Park, as WIRED Platforms Editor Peter Rubin, in conversation with Second Life founder and High Fidelity co-founder Philip Rosedale, discussed Rubin’s latest book, Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life. […]
Next Art of Jazz Performance
Stanford Jazz Fest, Jul 14, 2018
After a phenomenal Art of Jazz Tour on the East Coast and Mid-West with the Birdland All-Stars featuring Tommy Igoe, we are now bringing the Art of Jazz live performance experience mixing art and music to the West Coast! Please join me and the Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy on Saturday, July 14, 2018, 8 p.m. […]
Spring Open Studios 2018
From L to R: Myself, Drew Zingg (Birdland All-Stars’ guitarist) with his son, Erin and Birdland All-Stars’ bandleader and drummer, Tommy Igoe, in my studio standing in front of artwork from the tour. On April 7th and 8th, 2018, I opened my studio for the Spring Open Studios Art Exhibition, part of the Mission Artists […]
Art of Jazz 2018 Tour
Enjoy these photos, artworks and videos from the epic and amazing Art of Jazz tour with the Birdland All-Stars featuring Tommy Igoe where I painted live on stage as the band played, working in three media: on canvas, paper and iPad. On this five week tour I performed in 20 cities, travelled 6,500 miles in […]
Painting the Scene at a Fundraiser
This painting was created live, using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app, from direct observation at a Google fundraising holiday event in support of a women’s shelter in Palo Alto. As I painted my iPad screen was displayed on two large screens along the wall plus two ceiling mounted LED panels so everyone […]
Patience and John
A Wonderland Portrait
“Patience and John”, 2017, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate app This painting was created live, using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app, from direct observation at Patience’s “Patience in Wonderland” birthday party. Congratulations and happy birthday to Patience! Here’s the replay video, which you can also see via AR overlayed on the original […]
Iconic Silicon Valley Places
Iconic Silicon Valley Places is a series of plein air iPad paintings, all created from direct observation on location, using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app. Many incorporate photo collage in the background and each tells a story that relates the location to the development of Silicon Valley (follow the links below for […]
Cafe Borrone
Cafe Borrone, Jeremy Sutton, 2017, 12″ x 18″, dye sublimation on aluminum This painting was created, using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Procreate app, from direct observation while sitting in the outside area at Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park. I had just seen Walter Isaacson talk about his new book on Leonardo da Vinci. […]