Photograph of Artist JOHN MONSON
JOHN MONSON
Fall City, Washington - United States



Original Artworks (5)

John Monson; No 16, 2014, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches.
John Monson
Original Oil Painting, 2014
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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John Monson; No 14, 2013, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches.
John Monson
Original Oil Painting, 2013
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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John Monson; No 8, 2013, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches.
John Monson
Original Oil Painting, 2013
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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John Monson; No 12, 2013, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches.
John Monson
Original Oil Painting, 2013
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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John Monson; No 7, 2013, Original Painting Oil, 40 x 30 inches.
John Monson
Original Oil Painting, 2013
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
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Artist Statement

My passion for painting was inspired by the abstract expressionists, although I am perhaps more philosophically aligned with process oriented artists such as Chuck Close and Richard Serra, even though my work looks very different. Working in the vein of Gerhard Richter, I apply oil paint to canvas in multiple layers using various tools, however I rarely utilize brushes. This often results in a dynamic tension between rough texture and smoothly blended paint. My process yields a great variety of form, texture, and color relationships that energize the surface while simultaneously generating pictorial depth and a sense of movement and time....