It was originally the name coined in a satirical review of an 1860’s art movement of Paris based artists. It was later adopted by both the public and artists as the name of an art movement and style of painting.
These paintings typically consisted of visible brush strokes. The style included bright use of light and varied colors. Black was rarely used. Works often emphasized lighting and its qualities, every day subject matter that was viewed from unusual angles. (Continued after the examples of Jonathan Steele Paintings)
SunDay is the painting inspired on receiving word of a dear family member being diagnosed with cancer. It embodies the feelings I had to stifle as a nurse. It includes the poem that puts the emotions into words.
One Thousand Two Lips The red lipstick kiss painting of one thousand lipstick kisses. Acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped, images continue around sides.Sold December 2009 Private Collection in Connecticut
Sun Spot The painting of a sunny day over a field of flowers.
Pool is an impressionism from a place in my childhood that I threw pebbles in the water. It includes a story about how the painting came to be.
Family Faces is about the harmony and unity we all would hope to have in our families.
Instead of mixing colors as was typical of the masters, colors would have been placed side by side thus blue and yellow would give the "impression" of green.
Details were excluded to emphasize the over all affect or feeling a particular view, the view you would share as you looked at the painting. Think of the painting as if it was a photograph snapshot taken at an unusual angle with the light accenting a certain feature or aspect of the view.
If you have ever been to such a place or have seen the subject matter of any painting, you would have the feel of being there even though it is not a detailed painting. This is one of the reasons and ways art moves us. It is that feeling that the artist captures within the arrangement of paint on the canvas.
Other artistic movements and styles resulted from this movement. Pointillist was a style that originated using the principles of colors being seen in the mind because of their close proximity. Outgrowth movements resulted. Two were Cubism, and Fauvism.
If it Moves You
If an impressionist piece moves you, then you have found a treasure. Perhaps the greatest gift an artist can give to any who should view their work is a feeling, an emotion, a memory recalled. Unlike disposable items we grow tired of, art has an enduring quality. It can evoke the same feeling the first time we see it and into the thousand of viewings.
When you get into the thousands however, something new happens. You start to see things you didn’t see originally. It is as though the art work has morphed into something more than what it was.
The Impressionism Art Work of Jonathan Steele
Although using some of the techniques and a variation of Pointillist, the Jonathan Steele Art work you will see is not strictly Impressionist Painting.Not one to necessarily conform to tradition, my works are at best a combination of several art movements.
My goal is to reach different types of people with each different piece of art created. Each creation has its own inspiration, its own motivation, and as a result a feel.
Some may be created to reach women, others men, some to parents, others may be fathers or mothers. Each of us has different interests and memories. If my painting can evoke a good feeling or memory about one of you interests, I have done my job.
Please Share Your Thoughts
So, as you view the various pieces of art work by Jonathan Steele, please share what thoughts it leaves you with? Please let me know through the forums. If you do not request otherwise, I would like to share some of the comments with other viewers.If not, it can be kept private. All e-mail addresses shall remain confidential and I will never sell, give away, fold, spindle, or otherwise mutilate your private information.
Oh yes, it you think anything I have said is in error, please let me know so I can correct or clarify.
You have my word on that.
Warm regards,
Jonathan Steele
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