Jesse Greenwood

Will O’the Wisp, 91x61cm, oil on canvas. I’m very excited to have painted what feels like a milestone artwork, a painting that has been ruminating in my mind for a few years now. . . . . . #contemporanyart #modernart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartwork #contemporarypainter #jessegreenwood #jessegreenwoodart #newpainting

A 24x36” #wip on the easel today . . . . . #artistsofinstagram #contemporaryartcurator #artistlife #artcollector #oilpainter #oilpainting #artcontemporain #artfair #collector #selftaughtartist

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be featuring a body of large paintings in Sedona’s First Friday art walk on May 1. You can find me and my work at Rovang Ceramic’s gallery space at 2020 Contractors Rd, starting at 4p. I’ll be in good company with photographer @yoneland and ceramicist @alex.rovang , both incredibly talented artists from the southwest. I hope to see you there, it’s going to be an event you don’t want to miss! . . . . . #jessegreenwood #sedona #contemporaryart #emergingartist #landscapeart

First Friday at @rovangceramics 2020 Contractors Rd unit 1 — Sedona,AZ Doors at 4pm, going ‘til 9 Join us for an evening of new work from @yoneland , @cactuspup , and @alex.rovang —bringing together photography, painting, and ceramics shaped by the American Southwest. We’re opening Friday night, with work on view all weekend—come by for art, music, or to get a tintype made… @yoneland will be making tintype portraits live on Friday evening and throughout the day Saturday. These are one-of-a-kind and made by hand on site—booking info at the link in his bio. Come through, stay a while. Looking forward to seeing you!

May 1st - 2026 ~ First Friday Event 3 featured artists : @yoneland @cactuspup @rovangceramics Doors open 4pm TinType studio portraits will be taken live on site during the event. Book your time immediately as slots fill quickly. Portraits with Jono scheduled first come first serve via a link in his bio [ @yoneland ] About the artists: Jono Melamed is a photographer living and working in the American Southwest. Through the use of both modern techniques and the historic wet plate collodion process, he creates portraits and landscapes that feel untethered from time while exploring themes of cultural memory, legacy, and our relationship to the dirt beneath our feet.  He is currently working to use the historical wet plate process to document the public lands that are at risk due to our ever-shifting political climate. Jesse Greenwood is a Tucson, AZ-based painter whose work specifically seeks to examine how we navigate orienting ourselves to our discernment of reality in a cultural, emotional, and spiritual context. Greenwood’s work is an interest in embodying the intersection between the human condition and the anecdote of color arranged on a flat surface— an intersection of suggested reality, of perception beyond the periphery, and a resonance of a life beyond purely physical depiction. Greenwood’s paintings are invitations to consider that perhaps a memory’s reflection can be as interesting as a supposed reality, to consider what it might look like to view one’s experience through a less-literal lens. Alex Rovang is a ceramics artist residing in Sedona, Arizona. The May 1st show will be an opportunity for him to unveil an evolution of his ongoing southwestern cactuses project to now include wood fired pieces from two separate wood firings taking place in Arizona at @daranch_vineyards and @cochisecollege as well as new iterations of his matte black sculptural work, some of which featuring glass artwork from @themeltingpoint Jordan Ford.

Glare and light on water in the studio today, 18x24” oil on paper work in process today. . . . . . #wip #kunst #painting #ocean #contemparyart

“Delta Lurker”, 30x40”, oil on canvas. . . . . . #kunst #oilpainting #paintingsofinstagram #contemporaryart #artnow

Here’s a smallish piece I just finished! This is one of my favorite views from near my home in Tucson, a spot where you can look from the Catalina’s out across 100 miles of desert valleys and distant mountain ranges. Swipe ⬅️ for process shots. Happy New Year y’all! “Atop Mt. Bigelow” 18x24” . . . . . #oilpainting #oilpainter #fineart #arizona #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #artistlife #artoftheday #artcollector #artstudio #wildernessculture #roamtheplanet #arizonaartist #getoutstayout #exploreobserveshare #contemporaryart #stayandwander #contemporaryartcurator #lifeofadventure #pintura #westernart #newpainting #arte #livefolk #meetthemoment #wildernessculture #voyaged #artmoderne #visualsoflife

The Grand Canyon in my home state of Arizona is legendary. It is vast, deep, and mysterious, full of life and wonder and color. I had the joy and challenge of painting a little corner of this canyon’s folds earlier this Fall for a return collector and friend. Really, the challenge in a painting of this size and subject is to keep from painting too much detail. It can be easy to get caught up in rendering every crack in the rocks, every blade of agave. As an expert painter friend of mine once wisely mentored me, “Detail is easy. Suggestion and restraint is where the magic is.” I hope a bit of that comes through in this painting. A big thank you to the collectors who keep me going to these beautiful places and doing what I love. And perhaps most of all, thank you to this sacred land and its indigenous inhabitants and stewards. This is holy ground. With much gratitude and respect, -J . . . . . #oilpainting #oilpainter #fineart #grandcanyon #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #artistlife #artoftheday #artcollector #artstudio #wildernessculture #roamtheplanet #indigenousland #getoutstayout #exploreobserveshare #contemporaryart #stayandwander #contemporaryartcurator #lifeofadventure #pintura #arizona #arte #livefolk #meetthemoment #wildernessculture #voyaged #artmoderne #arizonaartist #visualsoflife #westernart

Jesse at work in his studio this past April. Tucson, AZ

New painting pack courtesy of my brother @j.greenwoodleather , thanks for the quality gear buddy! 📸 @elainemarge . . . . . #painter #fineart #makearteveryday #getoutstayout #artistlife #artistsoninstagram #wildernessculture #wilderness #me #mountainlife #roamtheplanet #contemporaryart #goldenstate #exploremore #pleinair #roamtheplanet #getoutside #allaprima