“Tent Village” Ocean Grove, oil on canvas by Jack Bredin. Photograph by Rob Bredin. © Click to enlarge.
The tents are arrayed around the Great Auditorium in summer. Those who stay in the tents are part of a unique community within a community.
For this oil painting, Jack was inspired by the peacefulness that prevails there, especially late in the afternoon, towards dusk.
Here is link to a Blogfinger video clip that captures that sense of place and peace. You can hear the Hope-Jones organ playing quietly in the background. Children enjoy the Village and roam about fearlessly.
Tent Village Blogfinger video clip
Jack Bredin’s paintings are always on exhibit at the Ocean Park Gallery on Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park.
–Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net
EVA CASSIDY:
Jack-It’s a deal!
RRS, my next painting will be “The Aurora,” not by commission, but it will be reserved for RRS.
I always look forward to seeing Jack’s latest creation and I am fortunate enough to own one of his paintings. I wonder if I can lobby him to paint the Aurora before it gets altered or redeveloped in some way. Jack?
Editor’s note: Jack can speak for himself, but he once said that he didn’t take commissions.
Coincidentally, neither did Picasso. However, if you watch the PBS Genius series segment currently on Picasso, he did finally agree to paint his masterpiece Guernica.
So, if anyone wants a one-eyed woman, ask Jack. ——-PG