Anderson Gallery

Jesse Wiedel, Punks Not Dead

Wiedel has been living and working in Eureka, California since 1991, and his narrative paintings have been inspired great by the local community and it’s landmarks. His work also incorporated stories and landscapes in the Mojave desert region. Wiedel studied art at Shasta College in Redding, California, and at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he received his degree in painting in 1988. His work has been exhibited in many places in Humboldt, as well as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Portland and Joshua Tree. Most recently he was exhibited in London and Berlin. Wiedel’s paintings have been described by others as “a cross between VanGough, Brugel, and Mike Judge.” His imagery teeters between depictions of gleeful celebration of life and hard luck stories of failure.