Jay’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Chest Painting, South Side Block Party, Chicago
Jay Wolke American, 1954-2026
Woman in Red, Yom Kippur Singles Dance
Russian Women Dancing, Aric Channukah Party
Sanctuary, Agudas Achim
Coats, Holocaust Museum
Running Horse
Social Services, Russian Immigrants, Ark.
Hanukkah, Orchadash Gay Cong.
Father and Son, Hanukkah Dance
Girl with Necklace, Deaf Channukah
Boxers, Whitney's Bat Mitzvah
Catholic Students, Holocaust Museum, Skokie
Driver/Power Plant at Sunset
Father and Son, Channukah Decoration
World War II Watchtower, Salice, Italy
Jewish Interest, Brandeis Book Sale
Super Taxi
Challah
View from a Living Room, Pilsen, from the book "Along the Divide: Photographs of the Dan Ryan Expressway"
Queen Esther, K.I.N.S. Congregation