Whether you’re a longtime admirer of Jay Wilkinson’s work, or just discovering his artistry, his contributions to Fort Worth’s art scene are undoubtedly something to be celebrated, and his paintings demand that you view them up close, and often, from more than one angle.  His art has long been coveted for their precision and exactness, and appreciated for their near perfect replication of the photographic memories that are typically his inspiration. But it’s the artist’s quirkiness, and his willingness to lead with that quirkiness, that really draws people in.  

For example, in one of Wilkinson’s pieces, you might catch a glimpse of Grimace, an old school McDonald’s mascot floating around the edges of an otherwise unrelated image. In another, a perfectly painted facsimile of actor Jack Nicholson, which itself has been made to look like it was a clipping cut out of a magazine, is chomping on a mouth-watering summer treat of watermelon.  On an adjoining wall, there is a classic example of Jay’s photorealistic painting style that has been overlaid with a random flourish of bright pink spray paint, as if the artist ‘tagged’ his own finished work!