Saturday, July 11, 2009
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An ongoing studio visit with painter Jonathan Herbert
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Buy Herbert's Latest Book: SUSIE NAKED
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.
