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Jon Jaylo (b.1975) The Value of Life signed and dated 2013 (lower right) oil on canvas painting: 71 1/4” x 48” (181 cm x 122 cm) table: H: 29” x D: 31 1/2” (74 cm x 80 cm) chairs: H: 42” x L: 21 1/4” x W: 19 1/4” (107 cm x 54 cm x 49 cm) A master orchestrator of all things surreal, Jon Jaylo has created works in the hyperrealist vein that blend the mundane with the magical. His paintings transport the viewer to places unknown and, in the process, discovery nuggets of truth about the human condition. Such is evident in this work, The Value of Life, that combines wonder, adventure, music, and time’s passage. Smiling at the viewer is a child that appears to be the personification of time. A clock adorns his tall magician’s hat as he holds an hour glass in which a gold fish swims and is inscribed with “Alpha” and “Omega” — the beginning and the end. As water rushes through this ornate contraption, the journey of life transpires, from the hot air balloons floating at different altitudes to the notes streaming their music in the atmosphere. This is what the “value of life” as alluded to by the title means: the ability to soar to great heights, find adventure in every turn, and enjoy the music that being human brings, before time runs out.