Power and Presence: A Handbook for Painting in Our Time

“Today to try to paint the existent is an act of resistance instigating hope.” John Berger

Reading these words in the bookstore of the Tate Modern over twenty years ago led Jordan Wolfson to begin a search for meaning — through his own studio practice and his writing. Part social discourse, part spiritual investigation, and part hands-on painting manual, Power and Presence: A Handbook for Painting in Our Time offers an in-depth exploration of the essential nature of painting, and why it may be of critical importance for our civilization.

“If we are going to survive as a world, we will need to recognize and embrace our inherent shared Being.  I believe painting, handmade two-dimensional image making, has a key role to play in this necessary recognition.”

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Published in 2026. 150 pages, 6×9 inches, perfect bound.