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Walking on Water signed and dated 2013 (lower right) oil on canvas with frame: 31 1/2" x 26 1/2" (80 cm x 67 cm) Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, California Flower Pepper Gallery, Mad Hatters, Pasadena, November 23, 2013 - January 24, 2014 Jon Jaylo’s oeuvre serves as his visual diary. His works cut across an often-melodramatic thread of surreal narratives synthesized with conscious introspection that, when carefully examined, becomes a mirror to his entrenched thoughts. In this piece, Jaylo depicts a boy smilingly playing the violin. He is shown seated on an anthropomorphic “four-legged” hat. It is as if the hat has a life of its own. It is “walking on water,” seemingly transporting the boy through the vast expanse. Figuratively, to “walk on water” is to perform an impossible task or venture into the extraordinary. This piece symbolically alludes to the difficulty of traversing the road towards achieving one’s goals and ambitions. However, the boy’s facial expression in this work represents resilience amid hardships, with the hat representing his support system. With this work, Jaylo espouses the old adage “no man is an island.” The artist conveys to the viewer that no one is ever wholly reliant on himself. At a particular point, every human has to rely on the company and comfort of others to advance and overcome a world filled with adversities.