Independent Collectors
R F Jefferies – Don’t Postpone Joy
A look inside the collection of San Diego-based collector R F Jefferies.
![](/site/assets/files/26441/2023-07-07_08-53-22_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg?v=1452822605 640w, /site/assets/files/26441/2023-07-07_08-53-22_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg?v=713373108 1024w)
I was raised in an art centric household so my passion for collecting began at a very young age. My personal collection was initiated when I was 19 years old. I started off collecting multiples by more established artist; however after a few years my focus was turned to the contemporary space and I started adding works by emerging and mid-career artists.
I fragment my collection into three main categories; installation/sculpture, abstract, and figurative works. Within each sub-collection I try and create flow by having the works inform each other either via their visual or academic vernaculars.
For me, collecting is more than a hobby; it is a behavior compulsion as I have been collecting different items throughout my life. I think I get the most enjoyment out of being able to live with such amazing objects and getting to share them with others. A goal with my participation in the art world is to make contemporary art approachable and accessible, especially to our younger audience to help foster a future generation of collector and art appreciators.
In lieu of trying to pick a favorite work, I would like to discuss an artist who works are of great interest to me currently; Emanuel Rohss. Emanuel is a multi-disciplinary artist, working through sculpture, painting and installation with a focus on site specificity. His practice examines and extrapolates the relationship between art and architecture, form and aesthetics. He uses images from local architecture to create a visual vernacular of the area that when taken outside of its normal context and repurposed creates an object that explores agendas of appropriation and facsimile.
![MAX FRINTROP, Untitled, 2014](/site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-19_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-19_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![KADAR BROCK, Deredmitrgawxxiii, 2014](/site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-18_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-18_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![MAX FRINTROP, Untitled, 2014](/site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-19_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26444/2023-07-07_08-54-19_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
MAX FRINTROP, Untitled, 2014
For me, collecting is more than a hobby; it is a behavior compulsion
R F JEFFERIES
![ADAM FUSS. Courtesy the artist](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-03_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-03_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![NICOLAS ROGGY, Untitled, 2014](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![SAM FRANCIS, SF-50S, 1974-1976](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![SAM FRANCIS, SF-50S, 1974-1976](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-36_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-36_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![MICHAEL SAILSTORFER, Wolke, 2012](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![SAM MOYER, Untitled, 2014](/site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/26446/2023-07-07_08-55-37_r-f-jefferies-dont-postpone-joy_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)