This story features artists Matthew Jones, JuliAnne Jonker and Lorraine Glessner
MATTHEW JONES
MATTHEW JONES, "Jefferson Gate", Watercolor, wax on cast paper, 12-3/8" x 12-3/8"
My work endeavors to remind people that nature is out there. I travel to parks and document the ways we have constructed access to the wilderness. I use the bridges, trails, and structures that wind through forests and hills as a focal point to raise the question of what exactly our relationship is to nature.
It is my goal to make the audience feel immersed in these spaces, to lose themselves in the wilds. I want them not to just enjoy the experience, but to go out and visit these sites, to reestablish connections that were built before they were lost.
For more information, please go to instagram.com/MatthewJones.Art.
JULIANN JONKER
JULIANN JONKER: "Dr Ndely", Encaustic, 24" x 24"
Is there anything new under the sun? These days, I’m painting much as the ancients did — Using encaustic wax and realism. Yet, I find myself Innovating every day, finding new ways to make tangible the muse in my mind’s eye.
The level of "finish" is unique to each painting. I usually end up incorporating a portrait or figure as my fascination with people and our connection to each other is a thread that has been in my work since my first drawings as a child.
For more information about her art and her workshops, please go to www.juliannejonker.com www.facebook.com/JuliAnneJonker www.instagram.com/jonkerportraitgallery
LORRAINE GLESSNER
LORRAINE GLESSNER: Good, Bad, Empty", Encaustic, pyrography, Swarovski crystals, human hair on found wood, 8" x 5" x 3"
Row by row, dot by dot, my worries are burned into the wood. Just like stitching, the repetitive act is contemplative, soothing and healing. I never measure, everything is done by eye as each row’s placement depends on the last. Just like the real worries these burns represent, sometimes they stay steady, go askew, grow larger, run wild, or fade out into nothing.
Through the repetitive process of constructing these pieces, I reflect on time, the tenuous nature of life and human relationships and my own mortality.
For more information about her art and her workshops, please go to www.lorraineglessner.net | www.facebook.com/lorraineglessnerartist | www.instagram.com/lorraineglessner1.
