JEFF GILLETTE 'Mickey (COVID)' (2025) Hand-Painted Original on Wood Block

JEFF GILLETTE 'Mickey (COVID)' (2025) Hand-Painted Original on Wood Block'Mickey (COVID)' by Jeff Gillette, 2025 Unique original on reclaimed wood block. 5. 5 x 4. 6 x 1 Inches 14 x 11. 7 x 14 Centimeters Original acrylic and spray paint on weathered, reclaimed wood block. Hand Painted Multiple of 8 (#6 8) Hand signed and titled with blue "Dismay" stencil stamp on reverse. Includes Signari Gallery COA. ARTIST BIO "I am from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. In the late 1980s I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal for two

'Mickey (COVID)' by Jeff Gillette, 2025
Unique original on reclaimed wood block.
5.5 x 4.6 x 1 Inches
14 x 11.7 x 14 Centimeters
Original acrylic and spray paint on weathered, reclaimed wood block.
Hand-Painted Multiple of 8 (#6/8)
Hand-signed and titled with blue "Dismay" stencil-stamp on reverse.
Includes Signari Gallery COA.

ARTIST BIO

"I am from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. In the late 1980s I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal for two years. During this two-year stint, I visited every major city in India, finding myself exploring the huge slums found there. On my return to home, I moved from the Mid-West to escape the snow to teach High School Art in Orange County, California. Since finishing my MFA at Cal State Fullerton, I have been exhibiting in galleries both at home and abroad.

My work is most often landscapes. A major portion of my output is paintings of slums of the developing world, where I often add an element of western cultural privilege (and oblivion) into settings of urban blight. Inspiration for what I call “Slumscapes” comes from first-hand experience travelling. Most often I return over and over to my favorite destination: India. In the vast poverty-stricken fringes of its vast megalopolises I trip out on how the economic disparities are obscenely extreme. I’ve been spending a lot of time in Mumbai slums: photographing, filming, creating Plein Aire paintings and creating interactive street art.

Besides depicting slums, my artwork portrays post-apocalyptic debris fields, landfills, and detritus-cluttered deserts. The Juxtaposition of Disney themes and beloved characters (i.e.: Mickey Mouse) with all these dystopias best conveys my personal views. Pondering contemporary social, political, economical and philosophical conundrums, I can’t help but feel absurdly helpless, pessimistic and humored about the future of Western Civilization…"

- Jeff Gillette