Jon Elliott: Cut Him Out In Little Stars
Artist Statement
“Pattern and geometry have always grabbed my attention. I’m influenced by the ways humanity has used patterns and geometry to try to visually describe ideas about reality. The use of complex geometric patterning in art has increased in the last several decades, probably as we’ve all been influenced by the exponential rise of computer technology and its ability to quantify oceans of information about our immensely complex world and present it in ways we understand. I adopt these geometric patterns in my paintings and use them to express my own ideas about the fluid truths of our existence. We know that our subjective experience of life is a minuscule part of a vast and chaotic reality. We lose track of this in the distractions of our daily lives. We also now know that our sense of reality is an act of imagination and hallucination. The richness of our sensations is the result of a constantly emerging, electric pattern across the vastness of our nervous system. This is a beautiful thought, that the simple actions of billions of small elements can manifest the most emotionally charged and complex experiences. I am trying to take elements of this chaotic reality and weave patterns in an attempt to communicate.”
Jon Elliott: Cut Him Out In Little Stars
Artist Statement
“Pattern and geometry have always grabbed my attention. I’m influenced by the ways humanity has used patterns and geometry to try to visually describe ideas about reality. The use of complex geometric patterning in art has increased in the last several decades, probably as we’ve all been influenced by the exponential rise of computer technology and its ability to quantify oceans of information about our immensely complex world and present it in ways we understand. I adopt these geometric patterns in my paintings and use them to express my own ideas about the fluid truths of our existence. We know that our subjective experience of life is a minuscule part of a vast and chaotic reality. We lose track of this in the distractions of our daily lives. We also now know that our sense of reality is an act of imagination and hallucination. The richness of our sensations is the result of a constantly emerging, electric pattern across the vastness of our nervous system. This is a beautiful thought, that the simple actions of billions of small elements can manifest the most emotionally charged and complex experiences. I am trying to take elements of this chaotic reality and weave patterns in an attempt to communicate.”