Ted Jeremenko, Large Silkscreen Serigraph of A House in Dunes, Americana Folk Art, c.1985

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Serigraph Silkscreen on Arches paper, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Theodore Jeremenko was born in Yugoslavia in 1938. When … Read more Serigraph Silkscreen on Arches paper, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Theodore Jeremenko was born in Yugoslavia in 1938. When he was twelve, Ted and his family moved to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. In 1962, Ted moved to New York City, where he began a successful career in the banking and computer industries. While his job satisfied many of his interests, he felt the need to get involved in something creative. Combined with his interest in art and the visual beauty he discovered on his early visits to the eastern tip of Long Island, Ted began painting in the early 1970’s. Ted Jeremenko is a completely self-taught outsider artist. (in the American tradition of Grandma Moses and Charles Wysocki. Michel Delacroix and the great Serbian and Croatian tradition of Yugoslavian folk artists.) “I paint primarily for myself,” Ted says, “but it is very gratifying to know that my artwork touches other people.” Following a tremendous reaction at the first exhibition of his paintings, he decided to devote more of his energies to his painting. Ted’s frequent subject matter, including lighthouses, barns, cottages and village scenes, reflect a passion for simplistic, elegant architecture that derives its strength from the environment around it. It is an Americana Folk Art style done in a more modernist style He has developed and nurtured a sense of craftsmanship that is conveyed through the details of his paintings, from the gentle curve on the top of a window frame, to the symmetry and stature of a beacon light in a distant lighthouse. Perhaps the most beautiful element in Ted’s work is his treatment of foliage. Ted’s artwork quickly gained a national audience. This success allowed him to settle in the East Hampton area of Long Island, to dedicate his full attention to his paintings. Ted Jeremenko is one of the masters of Americana in the art world today. His paintings transcend those of a purely primitive or naive painter by creating for the viewer a sense of timelessness and serenity. Ted's frequent subject matter, including lighthouses, barns, cottages and village scenes, reflect a passion for simplistic, elegant architecture that derives its strength from the environment around it. From years of preserving houses on the coast of Long Island, he has developed and nurtured a sense of craftsmanship that is related in the details of his paintings, from the gentle curve on the top of a window frame, to the symmetry and stature of a beacon light in a distant lighthouse. painting and lithograph works by Ted Jeremenko are in various collections, individual and corporate. A partial list of corporate clients include: General Electric Corporation American Airlines Atlantic Richfield Sheraton Hotels Corporation Prudential Life Insurance Co. RCA Inc. Shell Oil Corporation McGraw-Hill Publishers General Re-Insurance Co. IBM Corporation Bowery Savings Bank Citibank, NY American Heart Association Saks Fifth Avenue, NY Bank of America Manufacturers National Bank Loews Company Warner Communications, Inc. Intercontinental Hotel Corporation Exxon Corporation Banker Trust Co., NY Johnson & Johnson Pittsburgh National Bank Delta Airlines Texaco Corporation See less