This work represents the latest exploration of the Action Black series.

Action Black is the title for a body of work that explores how living moments can be captured and expressed through painting, using the very paint itself as an archive of lived experiences. Conceptually the work engages with the wider tradition of abstract and action painting and demonstrates an awareness of the sociopolitical and art historical contexts, particularly the discourse around verticality, light and the creative act at the expense of the formal.

Like Clyfford Still, Jerome's works question what it means to live through the exploration of verticality. Often painting works in a way that they can be hung from multiple orientations, the removing of the 'horizontal' (death) emphasises that there are multiple ways of living with a large part of that questioning the tradition of action and abstract paintings critically accepted in the art world, that traditionally did not accept artists like him in this field. Inspired by Pierre Soulages' 'Outre Noir' (Beyond Black) works, Jerome's paintings attempt to push the conversation of how black paint interacts with light through his exploration of how black paint interacts with life.

The black paint is initially applied to vinyl flooring during the pre-activation stage, which is the first of three different stages that can connect, overlap, and disconnect at multiple points. These stages can be described as pre-activation, activation and reactivation. They form part of an ecological process that utilises the live dialogue between viewers, participants, artist, and paint in order to activate the work. After drying, the paint is stripped off of the floor boards and incorporated into abstract compositions.

The paint has been through fashion shows, dinners, dances, BLM protests and more.