Jessica Rohrer has recorded, via her paintings, every domicile she ever called home. For 29 years, it seems Rohrer has lived a comfortable middle-class life. The matte finish, modest painting size, and hard-edge style remind one of early American folk painting. Whereas itinerate painters traveled the countryside to record portraits of the relatively well-to-do, Rohrer travels her life creating portraits of the places she has inhabited. Using a severely stylized grid, Rohrer’s monotonous brushstrokes consume every available space on the board. The architecture is so plain - the viewpoint so banal - the feeling so sober - that it could only have been made in America.

Jessica Rohrer

2005, Monsignor McGorlick Park (center panel of Triptych), oil on panel, 30 x 45”

2001, Modern House - Kewaskum, WI, oil on panel, 12 x 22”

2002, Apartment - Brooklyn, NY, oil on panel, 15 1/4 x 10”

2001, Modern House - Kewaskum, WI, oil on panel, 12 x 22”