What a joy it is to be present with all the beauty you create. It is such an uplifting experience for me and whomever I bring.
— Arielle —

 

Jonas has a continuous and impulsive need to search for new ways to dig within, discovering new paths to the cosmic reservoir of creative energy.

His new series FLUID POETRY shows the rich fruit of that search. In it he gives up the brush and allows the paint to join the canvas using water as a vehicle. This is not watercolor, but flowing fluid acrylic pigments applied with squeeze bottles and cups directly onto either stretched canvas or open unstretched canvas, where the colors flow with the undulating curves of their new home.

FLUID POETRY splashed onto the Asheville art scene with a color-filled Opening Reception at Jonas Gerard Gallery on October 20th and is on display through November 20, 2011.


Gesture #16 | 24x48 Acrylic on Canvas

Inspired by the pioneering work of Paul Jenkins, the mission is one of introspection and of discovering the amazing potential and layers that exist within the psyche. Jonas views abstraction as the only free method to uncover those subtle layers, revealing the boundless cosmic potential through absolutely astonishing colorful vistas.

"I remember how in the film AVATAR, the characters could fly in and out of realms of consciousness. When I saw that I said to myself "I want to paint that transformation"… I want to travel in and out of worlds of color, creating the illusion of 3D, 4D and even more unlimited dimensions" said Jonas. "My aim is to focus the viewer's attention into those realms and allow them to visit those inner planes."

 


Jonas uses gravity, forced air, curved blades and even his own hands to channel the fluid paint into motion… always listening to the colors (that seem to have a mind of their own). The flowing paint mixes with other wet layers creating explosions and implosions of moods and visions.

The work is done in a totally intuitive, deep listening, and nonintellectual frame of being. The equilibrium between transparency and opacity, between soft edge and hard edge, between light and dark, positive and negative occurs with minimal guidance as the painting paints itself.