Artist Statement
The canvas is my stage, where my love of paint and color are married with the minute particularities of human beings in their character form. Some of the work here represents moments of euphoria and sly humor while other pieces convey vulnerability and sensuality. Whether the mood be cheerful or grim, they evoke an emotion that is desiring to communicate with the onlooker. Each piece invites the viewer to feel as if they have just had a visual conversation with someone they felt they have known, or perhaps themselves.
Throughout art history, identification of male and female has been strongly present as an underlying metaphor in communicating an idea and depicting wide ranges of emotions. It is a code for me as well to communicate through painting grins and glares while indulging in the enigma of color. I am eager to explore everything about the human identity and paint is my medium to further discover our amazing existance. These pieces represent characters on a stage in my mind. In some way, they are, all of us. They are painted with emotions we all share and come together to make a mirror for the viewer, hopefully a mirror in open light with clear reflection.
-Jonathan Weston
Collections
Richard Bland College, Petersburg, VA
Chuck Crutchfield, New York, New York
Leonard Richard, Richmond, VA
Randy Dean, Petersburg, VA
Joan Gaustad, Richmond, VA
Gerald Danato, Richmond, VA
Michelle and Rick Delano, Richmond, VA
Sheila Thomas, Richmond, VA
Kim Lubman, Richmond, VA
Susan Iverson, Richmond, VA
Barbara Tisserat, Richmond, VA
Jackson Slipek, Richmond, VA
Sally Bowring, Richmond, VA
Frank Stout, Richmond VA
Jay White, Richmond, VA
Tessa Moorehouse, Richmond, VA
Dr. Lee Weinstein, Norfolk, VA
Eddie Slipek, Richmond VA
Todd Grey, Richmond VA
Sheep Jones, VA
Ruth Bolduan, Richmond, VA
Betty Foglesong, Richmond, VA
Sherman Gifford, Richmond, VA
Ray Ashworth, Richmond, VA
Brian Winfield, Richmond, VA
Pat Harvey, Petersburg, VA
Stu Hollins, Province, RI
Carolyn Curtis, Manhattan, NY
Benjamin Harvey, Wilmington, NC
Toni Braxton, Atlanta, GA/Los Angeles, CA
Keri Lewis, Atlanta, GA/Los Angeles, CA
Teresa Barclay, Richmond, VA
David Freed, Richmond, VA
Morris Yarowsky, Richmond, VA
David Wryder, Richmond, VA
Dr. Anthony Peluso, Norfolk, VA
Toni Albanese, Disputanta, VA