Jimi Gleason Essay
#40 Todd Williamson (Visiting Painting)
#41 Jimi Gleason (Response Painting)
Painting doesn’t need to be able to function or to pursue any particular idea. Instead it boldly sits next to the wonderment and intrinsic thoughts and feelings of Human nature. Thinking about and looking at the painting produced before my turn, my theories, my thoughts, my own issues about right and wrong come bubbling to the surface. Thinking about the color in this painting before me I get a strong feeling of the compression of light. The light looked to have been pulled out, opened up with color. Not necessarily an explanation but more of an incarnation. I wanted to expand on the gravity of this truth.
Since it seemed to be made with palette knives, just as what I also use I thought I could hold on to the truth of this painting by somewhat following the composition this artist used. It was down the center of this beautiful painting to help me communicate. This helped lessen my burden of interior content. Not trying to change the impact. Just opening up and passing along what this painting has shown me. Trying to pull some form of relations with each other. It shows itself but doesn’t necessarily explain itself.
I chose to keep my painting achromatic. I did use thick acrylic to sculpt my relation of composition. I wanted to bind my surface somewhat similar, not too graphic but just enough. By using a silver nitrate surface coat that has been chemically electroplated to the acrylic base on my painting the viewer instantly becomes inter-active with my painting. Reflecting yourself and the light and colors in the room...but leaving it up to the viewer to find his or her own moment of emotion. Activating your own truth.