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Email: info@justinearlgrant.com
Phone: 409 526 6406

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Houston, TX 77006, USA.
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Beseech Artist Talk ✨ THURSDAY October 16th, 7:0 Beseech Artist Talk ✨
THURSDAY October 16th, 7:00 PM
Sabine Street Studios
1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007

We are pleased to invite you to an insightful discussion with Justin Earl Grant as he shares his reflections on his most recent artwork, currently exhibited at Beseech. This event offers a unique opportunity to delve into the intricacies of his artistic practice and the various elements that characterize his body of work. Join us to explore the creative processes, inspirations, and thematic concerns that inform his pieces. Your presence will enrich this conversation, fostering a deeper understanding of the art on display and its significance within contemporary discourse. We look forward to welcoming you.

"Beseech," an installation by Justin Earl Grant, serves as a profound reflection on the essence of human connection through a captivating arrangement of 30 enigmatic portraits. This suspended oval configuration invites viewers to engage with each piece, which is executed on photographic paper and showcases a distinctive wax finish. The hand-torn edges of the portraits add a tactile and emotional dimension, enhancing the viewer's experience. At the heart of the installation lies a monumental sculptural work that anchors the entire exhibition, enveloped in warm lighting reminiscent of candlelight, fostering a contemplative atmosphere.

While the series initially delves into the artist’s exploration of family dynamics, it transcends into a broader narrative, featuring fictional characters that navigate various social spectrums akin to a Shakespearean drama. 

Concurrently, the opening of "Step Into The Light," featuring artists from @sabinestreetstudiosartists, will take place at South Gallery, further enriching the cultural landscape of the venue. 👏
Step Into the Light by @sabinestreetstudiosartist Step Into the Light 
by @sabinestreetstudiosartists
💫Opening Reception THURSDAY October 16th. 6:00 to 8:00 PM

🌟Participating artists:
T. D. Paul Studio
@bestbourg_studio
@thetototheory 
@ericcoan1 
Lisa Reid Fine Art
Constance Braden / Special guest @springstreetstudiosartists 
@karibreitigam 
Xavier Nguyen
Audrey Nguyen
Crystal Billing
Steve J. Smith Art
Amanda T. Silva
@ladonnafoto 
@justinearlgrant 

⚡#Onview until December 6th
Monday to Saturday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
South Gallery, Sabine Street Studios @sawyeryards
1907 Sabine St, Houston, TX 77007
@papercityhouston BY Joshua Jones Suspending The U @papercityhouston BY Joshua Jones
Suspending The Unnatural
In “BESEECH,” Justin Earl Grant draws on his background in mathematics to create geometric shapes in his portraits and sculptures, calling upon the works of cubist artists. Rather than a conventional display, viewers are greeted by large portraits of distorted faces suspended in an oval above the ground. In the center stands a sculpture of a head with four faces. The artist wanted to ensure that the portraits and sculptures had a presence, regardless of the viewer’s position.

For Grant, this subversion of traditional art installation fosters a moment of connection between the viewer and the portraits — a sense of familiarity.

“I want people to be impacted by the large new works and to have a moment of deep reflection and heightened curiosity,” Grant says. 

This deep reflection and connection is one of the most profound aspects of Grant’s works. In an era when many people are increasingly disconnected from one another and physical interaction is becoming less prevalent, this artist speaks to what it means to be connected.
In Grant’s solo exhibition BESEECH, he transform In Grant’s solo exhibition BESEECH, he transforms the gallery into a dimly lit installation where portraits hang suspended from the ceiling, creating the sensation of floating presences. Expressive, loosely rendered portraits — dipped in wax for a translucent, candlelit glow — invite viewers to navigate among them.

Beseech by Justin Earl Grant
On view until Saturday, November 1st, 2025 
Sabine Street Studios, North Gallery
1907 Sabine St., Houston, TX 77006
Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
#freeadmission 

📸 by Chris Piñon

The exhibition Beseech is partially funded by the City of Houston though the @houstonartsalliance
Beseech: to beg for urgently or anxiously. Aerial Beseech: to beg for urgently or anxiously.

Aerial installation, mixed media works on paper, on view until Nov. 1st.
Sabine Street Studios.
Beseech By Martín De León @yahmartinyah Ask y Beseech
By Martín De León 
@yahmartinyah 

Ask yourself.
Ballooned by your own body—looking up to see your face violently falling from the Earth’s inner eyelid that is the sky—is there anything you wouldn’t do for you? The body is an essay. Your eyelids blink silent supplications hoping you’ll hear yourself see.
Your mouth is a closed parenthesis to a question waiting to be born.
(If not now, when?)
In his exhibit of 30 mixed media works, Beseech, Justin Earl Grant creates a phantasmagoric universe of portraits that depend on you. Haunting you like a prayer in a language you don’t speak. Printed on handtorn photographic backdrop paper, each portrait is interrogative. Everybody going thru it. The mixed media pieces are composed of graphite, ink, oil, pastel, chalk pastel, and watercolor. Each untitled piece is filled with jagged swords of noisy light wishing a tiny death upon silence.
Portraits, for the first time, makeup an entire show by Justin Earl Grant. Where his early work focused on the glory of abstraction, Beseech, affirms the human-sized hole that is our reality’s sun. The ghost of this exhibit began as a remix of Henri Matisse’s 1905 painting, The Green Stripe, and grew to include a secret royal family (go find them) and a newly incorporated technique where Grant dipped works in beeswax (i am trapped in this parenthesis please call my parents) to create a muted hum eternalizing the agony of time.
Beseech reminds us that to remember is to impose a gentle terrorism upon oneself. We must beg of ourselves with all the weight of being alive. Asking for help is a horror, but Grant’s portraits show us no greater pain exists than failing to show up for yourself. Yet a hope stubbornly hides in these works. Unshaped, screaming, grabbing you by the throat.
Asking you.
Will you help me?

Beseech by Justin Earl Grant
@sabinestreetstudiosartists, Houston, TX
@artsdistricthou 
On view until Saturday, November 1st, 2025
Beseech by Justin Earl Grant @sawyeryards @sabine Beseech by Justin Earl Grant
@sawyeryards  @sabinestreetstudiosartists, North Gallery
1907 Sabine St., Houston, Texas, USA

Beseech is an art exhibition by Justin Earl Grant that runs from September 12 to November 1, 2025, featuring 30 unique portraits that explore human connection through a suspended installation. The exhibition invites viewers to engage with the artwork in a contemplative environment, enhanced by warm lighting and a central sculpture.

#YouAreInvited 
The opening will be held on Thursday, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, with catering provided by The Horse and the Turtle.

#Onview from Friday, September 12th until Saturday, November 1st, 2025.

The exhibition Beseech is partially funded by the City of Houston though the @houstonartsalliance
#comingsoon Beseech by @justinearlgrant @sawyery #comingsoon 
Beseech by @justinearlgrant 
@sawyeryards 
Sabine Street Studios, North Gallery, 1907 Sabine St., Houston, Texas, USA

Friday, September 12th – Saturday, November 1st, 2025

✒In Grant’s solo exhibition BESEECH, he transforms the gallery into a dimly lit installation where portraits hang suspended from the ceiling, creating the sensation of floating presences. Expressive, loosely rendered portraits — dipped in wax for a translucent, candlelit glow — invite viewers to navigate among them.

Stay tuned for more information 😮

🍾The opening will be held on Thursday, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, with catering provided by @the_horse_and_the_turtle

The exhibition Beseech is partially funded by the City of Houston though the. @houstonartsalliance
Fresh from my favorite picture framers SJ Art & Fr Fresh from my favorite picture framers SJ Art & Frames.  This large watercolor, 44 by 32 inches, is titled “Mother Wave” and is dedicated to all the surfers who are connected to the sea by body and board. 

Collection of Dr. John H. Krell, DDS. 

#watercolorpainting #customframing #surfing #surfinglife #surfingmagazine #surfsidebeach #surfsidetx #galveston #gulfofmexico #houstonartist #sawyeryards #sabinestreetstudios
Lo que viene. What’s next. BESEECH Lo que viene. 

What’s next. 

BESEECH
Grand Opening Night at @sabinestreetstudiosartists Grand Opening Night at @sabinestreetstudiosartists ✨
It's a great honor to celebrate alongside this wonderful community of artists. 
The Essence of Elements curated by @ladonnafoto exhibition can be visited Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m until September 23, 2025. Free admission. @sawyeryards 
@artsdistricthou
Background Foreground Man. Watercolor, ink on red Background Foreground Man. 
Watercolor, ink on red card stock
17 by 22 inches 
2022

Currently on exhibition Sabine Street Studios

#watercolorpainting #houstonartist #houstongallery #frankenstein
La Eternauta Ink, watercolor, graphite on paper. La Eternauta 
Ink, watercolor, graphite on paper. 
22 by 30 inches 
2025
dm for price. 

#watercolorpainting #houstontx #houstonartgallery #eleternauta #buenosaires #mochamousse2025 #pantone2025 #pink
SOLD! Thanks Jessica! I hope it continues to crea SOLD! 
Thanks Jessica! I hope it continues to create stories and wonder. 

#watercolorpainting #houstonartist #sawyeryards
Opening this Friday at Reeves. This show celebra Opening this Friday at Reeves. 

This show celebrates Mental Health Awareness month and will be supporting All Girls Love @allgirls.love, an organization that provides free art therapy for women in addiction recovery and other challenging situations.

The show will be running from May 28 - June 7, 2025.

#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #houstonartist #houstonartists #artshow #artshows #thingstodoinhouston”
“PAPA”. A small 6 by 9 inch watercolor painte “PAPA”. 
A small 6 by 9 inch watercolor painted in Buenos Aires, 2010. 
In honor to Pancho y fritas.
Thoughtful Indulgence Watercolor, ink and graphit Thoughtful Indulgence 
Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper
29 by 21 inches

by @justinearlgrant 
2025
… vitality…. … vitality….
#sundaymood☀️ #sundaymood☀️
Thoughts. Thoughts.
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