A Time For Art
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Art is not something to be locked away in fancy rooms and saved for special occasions. It’s something to be enjoyed every day, enriching our lives on every level. It was towards this goal that Jonas embarked on the creation of his first calendar in 2013, featuring a broad selection of paintings drawn from the many styles and periods of his 50-year career.
Time has a funny way of playing serendipitous tricks on us all though. When the time came to choose art for his 2014 calendar, Jonas was undergoing a tremendous shift in his painting style. It became obvious that the 2014 calendar was a perfect medium to commemorate this new path: the only problem was that he was still in the midst of creating it.
Energized by this fresh direction, the result was an outpouring of new art. CONFLUENCE, a show of his new large flow paintings sprung from this same creative well. Choosing the calendar images from this artistic avalanche was a daunting task, and some paintings were photographed and added to the calendar design before the paint was dry.
The next task was to find a printer with the quality, experience, technology and artistic sensitivity needed to translate the magic of Jonas’ paintings into the commercial printing process. We were lucky enough to find one in our own backyard. Blue Ridge Printing has worked for over thirty years to build a reputation amongst the top commercial printers in the United States. Their facility being located in Asheville made it easy for Jonas and staff to work closely with them to fine-tune the calendar design, and keep things local!
The resulting calendar captures the spirit of Jonas’ new works and is the perfect way to let art flow into every day of the coming year.
