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An ongoing studio visit with painter Jonathan Herbert

Monday, July 7, 2008

In the Studio

My studio is, at times, my place of refuge where I soar on the wings of angels, and at other times it is an alembic in which I sweat out the essence of the divine – creativity itself – channeled from the dark roiling depths of the soul.

Oil painting is an alchemical process wherein the substance and the painter change each other.
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PAINTINGS OF HEAVEN AND HELL

The role of the artist is similar to that of the shaman in primitive societies. It is our calling to go where the rest of the tribe cannot, bring back the experience of those difficult spiritual realms and translate it for general consumption. For example I, a member of a necrophobic society, immerse myself in my wife’s journey into death; the paintings that result are gut-wrenchingly powerful and deep, but ever so more gentle than “that good night” which claimed her. Alternatively, in a society conflicted about sexuality, I fan the flames of my libido and pour that energy and experience onto canvas and paper.

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