Jere Allen

Who is Jere Allen?

Jere Allen is an internationally known artist, and a former Professor of Art at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.

His work can be described as figurative: strong colors, images, and symbols are often melded with portraits, providing a sense of an artist looking for answers and a reality that never fully materializes. His work is typically inspired by myths and symbols. These factors combined had him labeled in 1999 by a regional newspaper as "the Mississippi Rembrandt". Art and Antiques has described Allen as a "modern-day master" known for his "dramatic, electric colors."

Allen himself describes his work thus: "My paintings employ a reactive method in the search for an elusive notion that has perplexed me for many years. The that stem from personal, social, political realities are often a foil to assist in the realization of feelings generated by that evasive notion."

His work can be found at the Huntsville Museum of Art and Mobile Museum of Art, both of which are in Alabama. They can also be found at the Meridian Museum of Art, Mississippi, and Coos Art Museum, in Coos Bay, Oregon.