“Feels Like Spring”, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
48″ w x 60″ h
“Shapes in Space”, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
36″ x 48″
“And the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters” 2008
Acrylic on canvas
48″ x 60″
Artist Statement
I am fascinated with abstraction and the way colors interact with each other. One reason I love to work abstract is that the ideas and images in my paintings are coming from somewhere mysterious inside myself. In other words, instead of trying to represent something I’m seeing outside myself, I’m attempting to listen to my intuition to create something from my imagination. In doing this, I feel that I’m connecting to my spirituality. Also, I try to feel joy in the act of creation and I hope that my work brings some joy to the people who view it.
Also, I am interested in art as a means of healing. I believe that when people create, they are activating a very vital and healing part of themselves. I like the quotation from George Braque: “Art is a wound turned to light.” Maybe art doesn’t always have to spring from a wound, but I agree that art can help us tremendously in healing the places where we’ve been hurt.
Peace on Earth.
Contact
Email: jon@jonbunge.com
great paintings.
great statement.
thank you.
Jon, These paintings are a breath of fresh air. They remind me of ripples of silken light, and also of fish in a spring freshet. Thanks for sharing.
Jon,
Thanks for sharing the beauty of your paintings! Your paintings truly transmit much joy. Thank you.
Jon- Wow! I just opened to the ArtInBrooklyn website and was transported by these paintings to another place. I love all three–but this is my first time to see Shapes in Space–so let me comment…..I love the color, especially the blues and the small squares give the piece a sort of human dimension. Whereas the other two pieces are strike me as more purely spiritual, other-worldly–flowing, arches and circles–the small colored blocks of Shapes in Space–seem to say something about the intersection of humankind with the spiritual realm since I tend to think of boxes as a human creation. Thanks for these wonderful pieces–they look great here on the website!
What wonderful works! We are absolutely amazed! You are truly blessed with such a talent-Congrats on your success!
Gorgeous work here! Bravo! The best of color field meets an emotionally charged imagination of an artist at work. I really appreciate the color interaction, the movement, the joy of the marks and hues in continuous combination, and most of all that you found a way to do something so specifically that I think many of us have wanted to do when when looked at Rothko, Albers, Mitchell, or other work. Congrats!
Great work Jon. I can FEEL the colors, like I FEEL the characters in a good book! Sorry I missed the exhibition this summer. Stay well!