Paintings (2014-Present)

Jonathan's current paintings are his results after experimenting with color and researching the masters of color, Matisse, Warhol and Gaugin. When he started with researching the Masters of Color, he soon realized that it was not the colors they used to create the work but how they applied the paint/color to the surface that truly defined them as "Masters of Color." 

Warhol applied the color before screen printing on top of it. Instead of the traditional method of painting, which is where you apply the outline first then the color. His processed was reversed. Matisse use color was more on the technical side, while studying under the painter John Peter Russel, Matisse was taught color theory by Russel from 1896-97. this will help Matisse in this exploration of color through out his entire painting career.  was not well appreciated until after his death.Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of 
color and synthetist style that distinctly different from Impressionism.

SInce reading the biographies of the "Masters of Color" Jonathan has created what some say to be his most exciting and thought provoking work to date, Combinding the practices of mark making and exploration in color