Jono Wright

Lives and works in New York, NY

Artist statement

My current work explores the tension between the physical and the representational aspects of painting and their potential to express human experience. By depicting broad, dense and simplified forms, the paintings exude a sense of mass and weight. Vibrant colors express a sense of the joy of movement, sport and sex. Finally, the figures represented gather these qualities into a recognizable form, through which the viewer might empathize and feel in their own body.

Artwork

• I heard it in the wind and I saw it in the sky. I thought it was the end. I thought it was the 4th of July. , 2017. Oil on Canvas
• Yellow Shower, 2017. Oil on Canvas
• The Blue Lovers, 2017. Acrylic on Canvas
• The Young Man, 2017. Acrylic on Canvas
• The Man with Hands Crossed, 2017. Oil on Canvas
• The girl with Hands, 2017. Oil on Canvas