Jonathan Podwil - Palms (Don't be an Insurgent) (Oil on Linen, 16" x 20", 2020)
With all of my work, I try to convey maximum emotion through brushwork, tonality, and color while keeping my distance from the subject matter, as if it were a fading memory or a historical event or a classic film which is layered over by newer, equally compelling events or cinematic accomplishments. This distance is often achieved only after multiple renditions of the same image. In the end, they becomes layered over by repetition just as the events they depict fade in the collective memory of those who witnessed them.
With all of my work, I try to convey maximum emotion through brushwork, tonality, and color while keeping my distance from the subject matter, as if it were a fading memory or a historical event or a classic film which is layered over by newer, equally compelling events or cinematic accomplishments. This distance is often achieved only after multiple renditions of the same image. In the end, they becomes layered over by repetition just as the events they depict fade in the collective memory of those who witnessed them.
With all of my work, I try to convey maximum emotion through brushwork, tonality, and color while keeping my distance from the subject matter, as if it were a fading memory or a historical event or a classic film which is layered over by newer, equally compelling events or cinematic accomplishments. This distance is often achieved only after multiple renditions of the same image. In the end, they becomes layered over by repetition just as the events they depict fade in the collective memory of those who witnessed them.