Contemporary Seascapes reflecting an inner landscape
I have painted the sea for as long as I can remember. Having grown up in Cornwall, the waves and rugged coastline got under my skin. A sense of awe and inspiration from the coast has never left me and continues to inspire my practice today. The sea has this ability to take me beyond myself - to look up and to imagine a new world or as I like to say to ‘Remember The Future.’ This is a pathway to try and capture an inner world or the ‘sea within’ each one of us. My work therefore becomes as much a reflection of an inner landscape as it is the outer world.
There is a slow process and rhythmic way I approach my work in order to get to that place of raw emotion. This process eventually leads me to quick & intuitive bursts that bring paintings into there fullness. These ‘burst's’ require a boldness and a leaning into the intuitive over the rational.
Between 2014 & 2016 I trained as a studio apprentice to world renown artist Makoto Fujimura in both his New York & Los Angeles studios. This was a profoundly shaping experience for my thinking and practice and continues to be so.
My hope is that my work provokes a sense of beauty, wonder and mystery to the viewer. An invitation to step into a quieter and in some ways a more contemplative way of seeing art.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me to explore the possibility of gallery representation, a commission or hire of my work for public and religious spaces. To come on the journey with me as an artist you can support me via Patreon.
Thanks for visiting my site.
Remember the future,
Jon
