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Virtual Tour of Virtual Identities, Real Space
Valerie Atkisson / ArtBistro
October 12, 2009

Jonathan Vaughan
Tampa, FL
Untitled, 2007
Charcoal on Paper
In my work, whether printmaking, drawing, or painting, my focus remains fixed on the exploration of space and form, while seeking the undercurrent of natures more elusive qualities. Often direct references to historical imagery are incorporated into my pieces and even when they are not, the works become historized in their deployment of costume, coiffure, environment, and even materials. I offer to viewers an experience focused on aesthetic pleasure that is succulent and enjoyable, while whispering in their ears an eroticism born from more than just sex and nudity. Undulation, the movement of creation, creates flowing and dynamic compositions that thrust and swirl, capturing the viewer in the saturated confines of presented surface. These reactions to the commanding forces of nature (ie creation, chaos, and destruction) are embellished in my work predominantly in representative translation, but they also appear in a more subtle manner, that of ornamentation. My work creates an opportunity to discover in ornamentation more than simple artifice and spectacle and to see in it a visual response to the patterns and structures of nature.
CurtMaryAnn
about 1 year ago
96 comments
Exciting entries, so diverse and full of engery. Congratulations, Artbistro!
arthurpaints
about 1 year ago
562 comments
Nice victorian, dada still life feel
AkatsukiRule
about 1 year ago
8 comments
what a coolest picture!!!
marielynn724
about 1 year ago
972 comments
it is indeed a cool picture!
Wolfy101
about 1 year ago
220 comments
this a cool picture