Art by Jona Lou
"Vibrant colors swirl around and across her canvases encouraging the imagination to come along.
Power points, where the color becomes bold, reflect a solid foundation within the individual.
Empowering...
Journey through the clouds or run through an imaginary field of flowers that have no edges, stems or petals and jump off into an abyss of colorful winds and behold the splendor.
I encourage you to follow this growing and changing Artist." Loren Fletcher
Power points, where the color becomes bold, reflect a solid foundation within the individual.
Empowering...
Journey through the clouds or run through an imaginary field of flowers that have no edges, stems or petals and jump off into an abyss of colorful winds and behold the splendor.
I encourage you to follow this growing and changing Artist." Loren Fletcher
Biography
"Yugen…an awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words…" Urban Dictionary
The process of a lifelong love of art began for Jona the moment she could make marks on paper. Yet, it was her time in Gallup, New Mexico, that made her think that art was more than mark making.
Having moved often during her younger years, she learned adaptability and was exposed to a variety of beliefs and cultures. In Gallup, however, she saw and experienced deeply entrenched values and traditions in the lifestyle, architecture, and art around her. These and other experiences created a strong need within Jona to live unencumbered by group beliefs and to explore freely, where her curiosity led...especially where mind and spirit were concerned.
In the mid-1980s, Jona's desire to create and learn led to art classes at University of New Mexico in Gallup, New Mexico. There, working from antique postcards and photographs, she painted watercolor portraits of Native Americans and became interested in Zuni pottery designs. (Zuni symbols continue to inspire her work today.) Jona's focus shifted a few years later with the birth of her daughter. She nurtured her daughter in the performing arts and watched her grow to become an accomplished dancer. Jona's paintings reflected her exploration of the fluidity and movement in dance. By late 2011, Jona's art became freer and more intuitive, heading into abstraction, which was a genre through which she could readily express her love of movement, music, color, and the cosmos.
The Japanese word, Yugen, is also said to mean “a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe, and the sad beauty of human suffering”. Jona credits this emotion for her inspiration. It provides her with a yearning for exploration and an awestruck admiration for all that is seen and unseen. This emotion is visible in the cosmic images that evolve from intuitive applications of vibrant color within her artwork.
Jona's explorations led her to study with American Abstract Artist Cody Hooper, and participate in the Artful Living/Living Artfully seminars of Loren Fletcher. The impact of these mentors is apparent, respectively, in her technique and ardor. In 2013, Jona Lou Batt was honored as the New Mexico State Fair Blue Ribbon award winner in the Oils and Acrylics division.
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The process of a lifelong love of art began for Jona the moment she could make marks on paper. Yet, it was her time in Gallup, New Mexico, that made her think that art was more than mark making.
Having moved often during her younger years, she learned adaptability and was exposed to a variety of beliefs and cultures. In Gallup, however, she saw and experienced deeply entrenched values and traditions in the lifestyle, architecture, and art around her. These and other experiences created a strong need within Jona to live unencumbered by group beliefs and to explore freely, where her curiosity led...especially where mind and spirit were concerned.
In the mid-1980s, Jona's desire to create and learn led to art classes at University of New Mexico in Gallup, New Mexico. There, working from antique postcards and photographs, she painted watercolor portraits of Native Americans and became interested in Zuni pottery designs. (Zuni symbols continue to inspire her work today.) Jona's focus shifted a few years later with the birth of her daughter. She nurtured her daughter in the performing arts and watched her grow to become an accomplished dancer. Jona's paintings reflected her exploration of the fluidity and movement in dance. By late 2011, Jona's art became freer and more intuitive, heading into abstraction, which was a genre through which she could readily express her love of movement, music, color, and the cosmos.
The Japanese word, Yugen, is also said to mean “a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe, and the sad beauty of human suffering”. Jona credits this emotion for her inspiration. It provides her with a yearning for exploration and an awestruck admiration for all that is seen and unseen. This emotion is visible in the cosmic images that evolve from intuitive applications of vibrant color within her artwork.
Jona's explorations led her to study with American Abstract Artist Cody Hooper, and participate in the Artful Living/Living Artfully seminars of Loren Fletcher. The impact of these mentors is apparent, respectively, in her technique and ardor. In 2013, Jona Lou Batt was honored as the New Mexico State Fair Blue Ribbon award winner in the Oils and Acrylics division.
www.ArtByJonaLou.com
[email protected]
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