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Head Horizon, Jonathan Faber
Jonathan Faber
Jonathan Faber
Range Life, Jonathan Faber
Apparition, Jonathan Faber
High on Fire, Jonathan Faber
Proliferation, Jonathan Faber

Jonathan Faber

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Statement

I find painting to be a process, a dedication of time to an experiment, or a problem with an unknown conclusion. To me, the best thing a painting can do is to create something new, visually, that provides a new way of looking at a subject or object. I like the idea that paintings can open eyes and change peoples' understanding of what they see. I have always been fascinated with how one thing can mean another depending on how it is presented and in what context it exists.

The work that I make occupies a space between representation and abstraction, where form and color merge not to create an allusion to a tangible place, but a suggestion of invention through recalled experiences. The spatial relationships present themselves as fractured, semblances of memories, where nearly recognizable forms emerge and dissipate against a shifting ground.