Bozeman, Mont. resident Jarrod Eastman is the artist behind this week’s super-awesome Source cover. We met him at an art show in Bend this summer and fell in love with his paintings. You can find his work at Jrodart.com. To see the latest from JRod, check his active blog site. It seems he’s not just painting anymore.

He wrote this about a recent rhinoceros-on-wheels sculpture:
“Three Dimensional seems to be the newest direction. I am already trying to conceive of a way to bring this 7-inch sculpture into an 8-foot-high art piece that you could climb on and ride. Exploring concrete as a material.”

Here are two of my JRod favorites:

• JRod Art
• “Down the Block” acrylic on board

• JRod Art
• “She Pulls Me Close” acrylic on board

And here’s our cover this week—the walrus is tremendous.

This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2013.

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The Story Behind This Week’s Extra Awesome Cover Art

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 3, 2013

<h1>The Story Behind This Week’s Extra Awesome Cover Art</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 3, 2013</p> <p>Bozeman, Mont. resident <a href="http://jrodart.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jarrod Eastman</a> is the artist behind this week's super-awesome <em>Source</em> cover. We met him at an art show in Bend this summer and fell in love with his paintings. You can find his work at <a href="http://jrodart.com/">Jrodart.com</a>. To see the latest from JRod, check <a href="http://jrodart.wordpress.com/">his active blog site</a>. It seems he's not just painting anymore.</p> <p>He wrote this about a recent rhinoceros-on-wheels sculpture:<br />"Three Dimensional seems to be the newest direction. I am already trying to conceive of a way to bring this 7-inch sculpture into an 8-foot-high art piece that you could climb on and ride. Exploring concrete as a material."</p> <p>Here are two of my JRod favorites:</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/down-the-block-acrylic-on-board/u/original/2205991/1357245557-jrodart1.jpg" alt="Down the Block acrylic on board" title="Down the Block acrylic on board" width="160" height="420" /></p> <ul> <li>JRod Art</li> <li>"Down the Block" acrylic on board</li> </ul> </div> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/she-pulls-me-close-acrylic-on-board/u/original/2205993/1357245658-jrodart2.jpg" alt="She Pulls Me Close acrylic on board" title="She Pulls Me Close acrylic on board" width="181" height="422" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2205992" target="_blank">JRod Art</a></li> <li>"She Pulls Me Close" acrylic on board</li> </ul> </div> <p>And here's our cover this week—the walrus is tremendous.</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/the-story-behind-this-weeks-extra-awesome-cover-art/u/original/2205994/1357245857-17.1cover.jpg" alt="17.1Cover.jpg" title="" width="500" height="694" /></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-story-behind-this-weeks-extra-awesome-cover-art-2205980/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14994&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-story-behind-this-weeks-extra-awesome-cover-art-2205980/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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