Leucadia 101 Main Street Association and Brown Studio Presents:
Mark Warren Jacques
The Nature of Light Amplified & Alignment Instruments
Two new bodies of work exploring how light encodes energy, and how attentive looking brings the body into alignment.
About the Exhibition
From Mark Warren Jacques
Series 1
The Nature of Light Reflected and Amplified
Consider how, when a museum-goer stands before Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, something happens. Energy is transferred from a silent field of pigment to a living observer, often in the form of wonder, joy, or awe. This transfer of energy has occurred thousands, even millions of times. And yet the energy that initiated it was poured into the surface only once, by one person, in one moment. Van Gogh never lived to witness the scale of its amplification and what he made remains a relatively fixed molecular stack, but its effect has grown asymmetrically. The return seems to exceed the input.
In this framework, the act of composition becomes a kind of encoding, where energy invested at the moment of making is not merely transferred, but transformed. The asymmetry between energy in and energy out becomes measurable through attention, presence, and the persistence of resonance long after the initial encounter. The works presented here are proposed as such experiments: static or animated surfaces that may, under the right conditions, act as amplifiers.
The compositions developed for this project range in scale and density. Each is a constructed surface depicting the sun, the moon, or transitional forms that suggest both. Oceanic forces set the meter: tides count time, horizons shift, and surfaces record the exchange. These are not static illustrations, but calibrated abstractions, arrangements where light, form, and time are allowed to behave. Gradients emerge not only in color but in temporal logic, inviting the viewer to register slow shifts, internal cycles, and perceptual thresholds. Though celestial, the subject is secondary to the inquiry. What matters is not what is pictured, but how the structure, using light as a subject, receives and releases our attention. In this sense, the body of work functions as a metacognitive system: a reflection on the mechanisms of observation and light itself.
Series 2
Alignment Instruments
These paintings move at a human pace. Earth tones, softened by wear, hold intricate line work that drifts toward abstraction. Each small field is built slowly, line beside line, until a quiet grain appears. The surfaces read like maps or textiles. Up close, the patterning steadies the eye and keeps it near. From a step back, the whole settles into a calm register.
Alignment is the aim. Looking becomes the practice. The longer you stay, the more the tiny decisions reveal their rhythm. These works are meant as simple instruments you can tune against, inviting a brief sense of order that you carry with you.
Work
Title:
Quiet Instrument
A Silent Key
Sustained
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 2,100 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Listening Lines
Loam and Linger
Less Longing
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed alder frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 1,800 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Bowl of Air
Held to the Light
Still Full
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 2,100 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Door with No Hinge
Opens
When You Stop
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 2,100 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Stair to Nowhere
Climb Once
Arrive Twice
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed alder frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 1,800 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Empty Pocket
Loses Nothing
Learns Alignment
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: Alignment Instruments
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Frame: Reclaimed alder frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Price: 1,800 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
The Moon at Noon?
Bright Where
Nobody Looks
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 14 x 24 x 1.75 inches
Price: 2,100 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
The Moon Teaches
Orbit Patient
Repeating
And When We Learn
It Begins Again
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 22 x 28 x 1.75 inches
Price: 3,200 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
All Praise for the Glow
Goes to the Mirror
of the Sun
Burning Unseen Inside Us
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 13.5 x 15.5 x 1.75 inches
Price: 1,200 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Joy Climbs the Horizon
Slowly Rising
Silver Smiling
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 14 x 17 x 1.75 inches
Price: 1,800 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
A Stone Becomes Radiant
Simply by Waiting
in the Right Place
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 13 x 17 x 1.75 inches
Price: 1,600 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Abundance in Reflection
To Give Without Keeping
To Shine Without Owning
This Is the Moon’s Lesson
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 13.5 x 14 x 1.75 inches
Price: 2,200 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
The Sky Opens
The Sun a Pearl
Floating There
Reminding Us
We Belong to This Vastness
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 12 x 13 x 1.75 inches
Price: 1,400 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Gravity Is a Kind of Longing
Pulled Without Choice
Yet Always Returning
What Else Is Love
If Not Orbit
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 12 x 13 x 1.75 inches
Price: 2,200 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Fullness Is Temporary
But So Is Emptiness
Amen
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 19.5 x 15.5 x 1.75 inches
Price: 2,100 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Distance Is Another Kind of Intimacy
Look How Far Away
And Yet
How Close
Forever Feels
Original artwork by Mark Warren Jacques
Series: The Nature of Light AmplifiedYear: 2025
Medium: Acrylic and ink on wood panel
Frame: Reclaimed mahogany frame handcrafted by Mark Warren Jacques and James Busch
Dimensions: 46 x 21 x 1.75 inches
Price: 3,700 USD, tax included
Provenance: Signed on front and back by Mark Warren Jacques; dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
Title:
Objects for Alignment, Set of Eight (Intended as instruments for daily ritual and attention)
Original ceramic by Mark Warren Jacques
Medium: Hand-thrown ceramic, glaze, fired stoneware
Details: Eight unique vessels, food safe
Price: 800 USD, tax included
Provenance: Handmade by Mark Warren Jacques, signed and dated 2025
Notes: Certificate of authenticity included. Free Shipping in the USA.
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