Pushing the Ocean Down the Road - Roy Jenuine

Photo by Roy Jenuine

Pushing the Ocean Down the Road
Artist: Roy Jenuine
Materials: salvaged plywood and wood, cardboard, wire, clay, decoupage and paint.

The ritual of surfers using their boards to walk over the rocky shallows and the sticker-graffiti bridge at San Onofre inspired this one. Also an inspiration is what we put in and take out of the ocean to get down the road. It always seems like I am pushing the ocean somewhere when I do this. It's a moment of pause and contemplation. The weight of the world may be on your shoulders but the seagrass is always beautiful between your feet.

I use wood, found objects, and some paper mache when wood gets too heavy for the wall. Whatever it takes. I like serious emotions but to stay with them I need some humor and play. I like to read as long as it doesn't interfere with daydreaming. Things that interest me are the ocean environment, Santa Ana winds blowing through lonely campgrounds, people camping, people camping with dogs, hiking in our coastal canyons, living in southern California, and, of course, woodworking.


Bio:
Roy Jenuine was born in 1953 in San Gabriel, Ca. and grew up in southern California. In 1977, he worked and lived at Arcosanti, an experimental green-designed city in the Arizona desert. He attended Humboldt State University before graduating San Diego State University with a B.A. degree in Fine Arts- Furniture Design in 1979. In addition to working for private clients, he worked in Japan building furniture for a wedding chapel in Karuizawa, Japan in 1988. He has taught woodworking and furniture design at Mira Costa College. His work has been exhibited at the Boehm Gallery, Palomar College; Mesa Art Center, Mesa Arizona; Simayspace, San Diego; San Diego Museum of Art; and the Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad. Roy has resided in Leucadia, Ca. since 1983 where he continues to work.