Jon Rowland
And a river flows on through #3
This is a contemporary abstract expressionistic landscape. Could this be a landscape of place or of a mind? The response is both; a cocoon that shelters a group of people, or a painting that explores my response to rough dry barren hills of the country. This painting forms part of a series of works that reflect ideas about openness and comfort of shelter of ‘Big Country’, such as that I experienced in Australia. The juxtaposition of colour and form intrigued me.
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Places and SpacesDimensions
Size: H 100cm x W 100cm x D 4cmMedia
AcrylicFor Sale
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Places and Spaces
A number of locations have influenced ideas on abstraction. Many pictures are painted ‘en plein air’, whether in Cuba, Provence, Devon, or the Scottish Coast - where the environment continually changes. In some cases he explores space, light, and colour. Hot sands in high summer, winter rains at high tide, peaty streams as the snow melts are part of this theme. Painting at the edge of water requires the ability to capture the essence of the moment before it’s lost. He draws on influences from both west coast America and the new English landscape scene.
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Jon Rowland
Jon draws on locations that have played a part in his ‘artistic journey’, exploring space, light and colour, and it is this juxtaposition. He manipulates emerging abstraction to express the essence of a particular ‘place’.
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