Jonathan Day
Mad about drawing. Middle-aged, tall, not yet too fat. Home: the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. Earned Ph.D. in Physics, OSU, 2008; currently making living as artist. Go figure.
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New Work — “Earth Dance”
A new piece: Earth Dance. Here, I allow myself to get a little cosmic. Somewhere in life, I picked up the idea that thinkers of olden times (Middle Ages? earlier? the Alchemists?) saw the world — which to them meant … Continue reading
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New Work: “Let’s Make Music Together.”
Here’s a new piece. Honest to God, I don’t know where this stuff comes from, sometimes. It’s like this: I bought (charged) an Epson Stylus Pro 3880 printer a couple of weeks ago. I want to sell prints of my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, drawing, Pen and ink, Pen and ink and colored pencil
Tagged art, Beauty, celebration, dance, drawing, female, figurative, grace, human, imagination, imaginative, joy, male, man, pen and ink, woman
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New Work: “Peace”
Here’s my latest, titled “Peace.” Looking at it right now, it seems to me to be one of the most beautiful things I’ve done. This was about six days of very intense and very careful work. The border/frame alone, with … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, Art, Pen and ink
Tagged art, Beauty, celebration, drawing, female, figurative, figure, grace, hair, imagination, imaginative, Life, nouveau, pen and ink
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New Work: “Morning Song.”
This was about six days of the most exacting, meticulous work I’ve ever done. There are a lot of ink outlines here, and the acrylic paint had to get right up next to them, but not slop over. My eye-hand … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, Art, Pen and ink
Tagged art, Beauty, celebration, coffee, drawing, figurative, figure, grace, hair, human, imagination, imaginative, nouveau, pen and ink
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“The Three Graces” triptych, finished
The triptych took a while to finish, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. The demons of perfectionism rode me like they usually do, and all three of these had to go through two drafts, in the pencil/pen-and-ink stage. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Beauty, celebration, charm, female, figurative, grace, imagination, imaginative, nouveau, pen and ink, Three Graces, watercolor
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The Three Graces triptych, ready for watercolor
I sometimes envy artists whose style allows them to just bang stuff out. The older I get, the slower and more meticulous I go. Which is not conducive to volume production. So here is the Three Graces triptych, ready at … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Beauty, celebration, drawing, grace, imagination, imaginative, nouveau, pen and ink, Three Graces, watercolor
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The Three Graces triptych: iterations
Well, it now seems almost inevitable, but the central piece in the triptych, Beauty, had to be done over, too — just like the other two. Beauty is indeed a merciless taskmistress. Why did I have to do her over? … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Beauty, drawing, female, figurative, figure, imagination, imaginative, nouveau, pen and ink, Three Graces, watercolor
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New Work: The Three Graces triptych, first ink
The Three Graces were deities to the Greeks and Romans, and after working on this triptych, I think that I understand a little better why that was. The Graces — Beauty, Grace, and Charm — are what Jung might have … Continue reading
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Lines Drawn With Ink Are Wonderful
I had to spend two weeks up on the roof at the beginning of the month, and then I was two weeks behind with my current free-lance job, and had to put in a couple of weeks of long work … Continue reading
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Three Graces Triptych: Sketch for “Grace”
Fall mists here in the Willamette Valley. Now and then, all through this season, I hear the geese overhead. I’ve been able to return to work on a Three Graces triptych. This is the initial pencil work on “Grace”: All … Continue reading
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