Jay Moffett is a Columbus native; a graduate of East High School and Ohio Dominican College. During his studies at Ohio Dominican he found a love for painting; and while pursuing other career options he has continued to explore painting in various forms. His current work has been described as: "...minimalist explorations of color... Stark, simple and modernist, the work is heady with philosophical and aesthetic experimentation." (Columbus Dispatch, 6 July 2008)

Moffett's paintings are based in his theory of "colour and line", being that paintings consist of two basic elements: colour and line; and for a painting to exist it must combine these elements to take its shape. His explorations have included vivid abstractions to bold but rigid lines of colour placed against natural wood or canvas. He includes the ideas that the paints and the canvases have their own life and movement that compete and/or combine to create the work of art. Moffett finds inspiration in artists such as Hans Hoffman, Frankenthaler, Rothko, Mel Rozen, Frank Stella, Doug Fordyce, and de Kooning.

Moffett is a licensed funeral director and embalmer, operating his own trade service, working for various Central Ohio funeral homes and surrounding states. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He is a member of various organizations including the Couchfire Collective, Ohio Art League, Capitol City Pipe and Drums, Ohio Funeral Directors Association, and the Central Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

birthdate: October 31,1974
contact: jaycmoffett@hotmail.com