Masterworks: G. Jesse Gledhill

​My father gave me my most basic rule for life; he advised that in matters of style to go with the flow, but in matters of principle to be a rock. As a youth that seemed straightforward enough, even simplistic. As the years passed, I became aware that principles will always be threatened in a ‘sea of styles,’ and I knew my rock was being formed. As each quarter of a century passes to a new generation, it is designated to be responsible for the future. Today is the future I so eagerly anticipated, but it is unlike that which I imagined when I was young. This, I believe, is the genesis of an artist. I hope my paintings will form a bridge for the young to see the past as flawed and assume the responsibility to put it right.

Jesse is a member of the Ontario Society of Artist, the Society of Canadian Artists, Art Renewal Center and Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. He has been a part of numerous group and solo exhibitions in Canada and the USA. Jesse's work is in the public collections of the municipal government of the city of Ottawa, the Corporation of the County of Essex, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham ON, the 48th Highlanders Regimental Headquarters in Toronto,  the AIDS organization of Canada; CMHA in Windsor, Government of Ontario Art Collection at the Archives of Ontario,  Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, Michigan U.S.A.