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Jay Cool is a Salopian-born, Suffolk-based conjurer of colour and narrative. Come and see them at work, view their originals and take the opportunity to purchase orginals, prints and postcards.

In Commiseration Of

All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing. And here we are doing nothing. Doing nothing about. Trump. Doing nothing about. Allowing good people to be pushed, to be chained up, to be dragged away – faces to the ground. Allowing children to starve. Children to be imprisoned. ChildrenContinue reading “In Commiseration Of”

‘Ballet Dancers’

Shiny satin, glimmers from tarnished boards, a muscle, stretched, bursts from bulging calf, spill- ing into a shadow, as wings, lowered, sweep into mist and retreat. As sun-capped scalps open to new possibilities. By Jay Cool, 30th December 2024 Inspired by Edgar Degas’ artwork, ‘Ballet Dancers’, as featured in ITV’s ‘My National Gallery.’ Image inContinue reading “‘Ballet Dancers’”

Stare Back

Stare back, she says when I say, They keep staring staring at me looking round the corner being sneaky spying on me Who? she says. Children, strange children, children looking at me while I play. Children who want to play, she says. So, I stare back, I stare back and they run away. Gone, IContinue reading “Stare Back”

The Aftermath

Coffee table full of toiletries, chocolates and yesterday’s wine glasses, mine still half-full – zoned out of the festive mode somewhere around the half-way mark and snored my way through the final stretch to midnight only vaguely aware of the accompanying strums on my son’s electric guitar as he croaked out the last hits ofContinue reading “The Aftermath”