The art of John Jude Palencar is posessed of a singular power. Through suggestion rather than overt depiction, he works with oils and acrylics to portray a graceful horror which is at once elegant and subtle, requiring a second and even a third look in an attempt by the mind's eye to comprehend and catalog that which he shows us. Trained at the Columbus College of Art and Design as well as at the Illustrator's Workshop in Paris, he worked in greeting card illustration (!!!) before striking out on his own

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