Jon Sarkin (April 27 1954 - July 19, 2024) Jon was best known for his frenetic and visually arresting drawings and pantings, which mix words and images. These drawings and paintings cross-hatch and scrawl their way through pop-culture, rock ‘n’ roll, the mundane, and the subconscious. He has exhibited in New York, Boston, L.A., Oxford, Princeton, Liverpool, and London, and Paris. His work is in the collections of The Centre Pompidou in Paris, The American Visionary Art Museum, and the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA. Jon's work is also in the possession of several prominent private collections, such as those of musicians Pete Townshend and Warren Ellis. Jon began his career as an outsider artist in 1989, when complications from a neurosurgery led to a stroke, which prevented him from returning to work as a chiropractor. While his artwork was initially therapeutic - respite from the havoc the stroke wreaked on his nervous system - he has developed a truly novel artistic voice, as well as a seasoned consistency.