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"Aspen Stand"
Acrylic on Canvas
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notices about a Johnathan Harris landscape is
the remarkable finesse the artist exhibits in
his use of unrestrained color, capturing realism
then departing just enough to convey the
emotions the scene evoked in him. "My art gives
the viewer a window into a perception of a
reality in which I find refuge," Harris states. |
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| Harris knew by the time
he was in high school he would become a
full-time artist; but he also knew people who
had majored in art only to find themselves
working in other fields with no time left for
creativity. His solution was to earn a Bachelor
of Science degree in Marketing Management while
minoring in Fine Art, thereby arming himself
with the know-how to develop a career as a
professional artist; and he succeeded fifteen
years ahead of the schedule he had in mind.
Originally from Arkansas it was Harris’s time in
Santa Fe and the Southwest that jump-started his
professional career and allowed him to spend
intimate time with the landscape that had long
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"I first develop my ideas for a
painting by visiting a location and allowing the landscape to influence
me," Harris explains; "I then photograph the location extensively. When
I return to my studio, I work from photographs and memories of the
chosen landscape. Expression with color allows me to be free while
creating the landscape in the way that I perceive it . . . To me, art is
a passion and a refuge. Landscapes speak loudly to me and I set out to
interpret and capture on canvas the sensations and revelations I
experience when I am in the midst of nature."
Harris paints
from dark to light, leaving dark borders around
lighter forms to further impact the light and
color that so thoroughly capture the immediacy
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"When
I look at Southwestern
landscapes, I see the
stark contrast of earth
and sky . . . mountain
and valley . . . sand
and sage," Harris
states. His is a vision
wholly singular in its
execution and wholly
inclusive in its power
to draw the viewer in. |
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painting
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"Aspen
Evanescence"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
24" x
30" |
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"Evening
Flight"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
16" |
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"Indigo
Bunting"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
16" |
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"Desert
Drifting"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
20" |
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"Shadows and
Aspen"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
18" x
24" |
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"A Chance
Encounter"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
30" x
30" |
"My Hideaway"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
29" x
24" |
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"Lucid Dreams"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
20" |
"Oriole"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
16" |
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by Johnathan Harris |
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"Sunset
Sunburst"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
48" x
56" |
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"Zion Dreams"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
16" |
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"High Country
Dweller"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
16" x
16" |
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"Aspen
Perspective"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
48" x
56" |
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"View Through
Aspen"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
24" x
24" |
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"The Watcher"
Acrylic on Canvas
Painting
14" x
14" |
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