Jessie Homer French

Jessie Homer French

BornNationalityBased In
1940AmericanMountain Center, Palm Desert
Biography

Jessie Homer French’s small-scale landscape paintings combine realism and mysticism to create narrative scenes of life, death and nature. The self-taught artist depicts dark realities of life in rural California – fires, funerals, fault lines – in bright and saturated tones, appropriating a flattened perspective reminist of French Riviera postcards or American pastoral painting tradition. A self-proclaimed “regional narrative painter”, Homer French paints with bittersweetness through content and form. Almost obsessive over cemeteries and coyotes, disaster and decay, she observes and depicts the environment around her with transient, existential care. Only seemingly naive in the simplicity of her composition, the artist’s work is a gloomy exploration of what it means to be human and non-human, in a rapidly changing world. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
Chernobyl
Jessie Homer FrenchChernobyl, 201791.44 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Final Rest - Mono Lake, California
Jessie Homer FrenchFinal Rest - Mono Lake, California, 199840.64 x 50.8cmPrice on Request
Lower Rush Creek Mono Lake
Jessie Homer FrenchLower Rush Creek Mono Lake, 198991.44 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Tending The Grave
Jessie Homer FrenchTending The Grave, 199991.44 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Harris Green, Victoria
Jessie Homer FrenchHarris Green, Victoria, 200958.42 x 66.04cmPrice on Request
In Frozen Ground
Jessie Homer FrenchIn Frozen Ground, 200350.8 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Salmon Hatchery On The Salmon River, Idaho
Jessie Homer FrenchSalmon Hatchery On The Salmon River, Idaho, 198960.96 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Ghost Of The Victoria Golf Links
Jessie Homer FrenchGhost Of The Victoria Golf Links, 200350.8 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Pender Island Cemetery
Jessie Homer FrenchPender Island Cemetery, 201476.2 x 101.6cmPrice on Request
Road Kill (again)
Jessie Homer FrenchRoad Kill (again), 199860.96 x 91.44 x 5.08cmPrice on Request
Fry Rearing Ponds Cowichan River Hatchery
Jessie Homer FrenchFry Rearing Ponds Cowichan River Hatchery, 199955.88 x 71.12cmPrice on Request
1st Presbyterian
Jessie Homer French1st Presbyterian, 199425.4 x 19.05cmPrice on Request
The Salmon Hatchery, Cowichan River
Jessie Homer FrenchThe Salmon Hatchery, Cowichan River, 199960.96 x 121.92cmPrice on Request
Howard Bolster Gets His Buck
Jessie Homer FrenchHoward Bolster Gets His Buck, 201931.75 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Trout Couch
Jessie Homer FrenchTrout Couch, 1988193.04 x 152.4cmPrice on Request
Spring Rains on the Cowichan River
Jessie Homer FrenchSpring Rains on the Cowichan River, 200560.96 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Chernobyl Winter
Jessie Homer FrenchChernobyl Winter, 201891.44 x 66.04cmPrice on Request
The Sunken Grave
Jessie Homer FrenchThe Sunken Grave, 201745.72 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Memorial
Jessie Homer FrenchMemorial, 201940.64 x 50.8cmPrice on Request
Three for the Fire
Jessie Homer FrenchThree for the Fire, 200691.44 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Emily Carr in the Ross Bay Cemetery
Jessie Homer FrenchEmily Carr in the Ross Bay Cemetery, 200091.44 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Oil Platform Fire
Jessie Homer FrenchOil Platform Fire, 201960.96 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Morning Hatch
Jessie Homer FrenchMorning Hatch, 199076.2 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Stealth Mountain
Jessie Homer FrenchStealth Mountain, 200560.96 x 60.96cmPrice on Request
Mapestry California
Jessie Homer FrenchMapestry California, 2012167.64 x 106.68cmPrice on Request
Castle Mountains
Jessie Homer FrenchCastle Mountains, 201691.44 x 91.44cmPrice on Request
Blowout
Jessie Homer FrenchBlowout, 202091.4 x 91.4cmPrice on Request
Roots
Jessie Homer FrenchRoots, 202161 x 40.6cmPrice on Request
June's Post Office
Jessie Homer FrenchJune's Post Office, 202161 x 40.6cmPrice on Request
Monastery Bees, Humboldt
Jessie Homer FrenchMonastery Bees, Humboldt, 202161 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Mojave Burning
Jessie Homer FrenchMojave Burning, 202161 x 91.4cmPrice on Request
Idle Winds
Jessie Homer FrenchIdle Winds, 2011101.6 x 152.4cmPrice on Request
Los Angeles Evening
Jessie Homer FrenchLos Angeles Evening, 202361 x 76.2cm55000 USD
Lower Rush Creek
Jessie Homer FrenchLower Rush Creek, 199461 x 76.2cm55000 USD
Chinese Cemetary on Vancouver Island
Jessie Homer FrenchChinese Cemetary on Vancouver Island, 202350.8 x 76.2cm50000 USD
On the Columbia River
Jessie Homer FrenchOn the Columbia River, 201030.5 x 119.4 x 2.5cm60000 USD
Ojai Summer
Jessie Homer FrenchOjai Summer, 202376.2 x 61cm55000 USD
Narrative
Jessie Homer FrenchNarrative, 202040.6 x 61cm42000 USD
Forest Golgotha
Jessie Homer FrenchForest Golgotha, 201791.4 x 121.9cm55000 USD
Ojai, California
Jessie Homer FrenchOjai, California, 202261 x 61cm50000 USD
The Dump
Jessie Homer FrenchThe Dump, 202391.4 x 61cm60000 USD
Rewilding in Chernobyl
Jessie Homer FrenchRewilding in Chernobyl, 2021121.9 x 121.9cm75000 USD
Daisy Mae and the Twenty Three Woodchuck Summer
Jessie Homer FrenchDaisy Mae and the Twenty Three Woodchuck Summer, 202261 x 91.4cm60000 USD
After Burn and Jimson Weed
Jessie Homer FrenchAfter Burn and Jimson Weed, 202361 x 106.7cm65000 USD
Insomniac Mountain
Jessie Homer FrenchInsomniac Mountain, 202361 x 61cm50000 USD
Pinyon Crest
Jessie Homer FrenchPinyon Crest, 202376.2 x 101.6cm68000 USD
June Mountain
Jessie Homer FrenchJune Mountain, 199945.7 x 61cm45000 USD
North Sea Wind Farm
Jessie Homer FrenchNorth Sea Wind Farm, 202391.4 x 91.4cm68000 USD
Ghosts
Jessie Homer FrenchGhosts, 201245.72 x 60.96cm45000 USD
Remembrance Day
Jessie Homer FrenchRemembrance Day, 202166 x 76.2cm60000 USD
Burning Night
Jessie Homer FrenchBurning Night, 202340.6 x 50.8cm35000 USD
Drought
Jessie Homer FrenchDrought, 202330.5 x 81.3cm45000 USD
North Atlantic
Jessie Homer FrenchNorth Atlantic, 202361 x 61cm50000 USD
12th Street
Jessie Homer French12th Street, 199863.5 x 94cm40000 USD
Gallery Representation