Wood’s work is often described as sincere due to its recurrent motifs of still-life and domestic interiors, as exemplified in such works as Hammer and Speaker - the artist himself has stated that he is “interested in exploring the spaces that I’ve inhabited and the psychological impact they've had on me and my memories of them.”
« Color is something that I am really into. I guess everyone is into color in some way. Color is a balancing act. »
Jonas Wood
Using a combination of bright colour, vivid pattern and flattened space, Wood creates works that are often categorised as
abstract; he has also been associated with a number of other styles, including Modernism and
Pop Art, and has cited
Lucien Freud,
David Hockney and
Alex Katz as infl
Read More Wood’s work is often described as sincere due to its recurrent motifs of still-life and domestic interiors, as exemplified in such works as Hammer and Speaker - the artist himself has stated that he is “interested in exploring the spaces that I’ve inhabited and the psychological impact they've had on me and my memories of them.”
« Color is something that I am really into. I guess everyone is into color in some way. Color is a balancing act. »
Jonas Wood
Using a combination of bright colour, vivid pattern and flattened space, Wood creates works that are often categorised as
abstract; he has also been associated with a number of other styles, including Modernism and
Pop Art, and has cited
Lucien Freud,
David Hockney and
Alex Katz as influences, remarking: “All three of them are superheroes.”
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