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Idle, 2011, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 42 x 52
Blind Spot, 2011, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 42 x 52
Scully B, 2011, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 32 x 42 1/2
Extract, 2011, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 32 x 42 1/2
Reflex Remix, 2011, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 21
Coupled Superstition, 2010, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 32" x 36"
Bust, 2010, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 24" x 21"
Head Horizon, Jonathan Faber
City, 2009, Jonathan Faber, oil on canvas, 30" x 40"
High on Fire 2, Jonathan Faber, pastel on paper, 22 x 30
Range Life, 2009, Jonathan Faber, pastel on paper, 28" x 35"
Apparition, 2009, Jonathan Faber, pastel on paper, 28" x 35"

Jonathan Faber

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Statement

I find painting to be a process, a dedication of time to an experiment, or a problem with an unknown conclusion. To me, the best thing a painting can do is to create something new, visually, that provides a new way of looking at a subject or object. I like the idea that paintings can open eyes and change peoples' understanding of what they see. I have always been fascinated with how one thing can mean another depending on how it is presented and in what context it exists.

The work that I make occupies a space between representation and abstraction, where form and color merge not to create an allusion to a tangible place, but a suggestion of invention through recalled experiences. The spatial relationships present themselves as fractured, semblances of memories, where nearly recognizable forms emerge and dissipate against a shifting ground.