BY JONAS GERARD • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE Published in the July 2019 • Vol. 22, No. 11 of:Rapid River Magazine’s Arts & Culture Abstract art is difficult to define but fascinating. After an extremely long progression stemming from the Impressionist movement beginning in mid-19th Century France, the “Abstract Expressionist Movement” as we call it today, […] The post What abstract art means to me appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

Why is it so difficult to discover one’s inner self?  Shouldn’t it be an effortless process occurring naturally as we age — where ultimately, like mental slight-of-hand, the inner self is magically revealed? The difficulties people experience while striving for inner peace and harmony would suggest that achieving psychological and spiritual growth is a bit […] The post Life & Art <br>In Search of the Illusive Inner Self appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

In Part I of “When A Painting Speaks To You”, we explored how one can be drawn into an abstract expressionistic painting. By allowing oneself to feel the energy of the painting, the viewer often connects to the artists’ process of creation, resulting in feelings of completeness, wholeness and peacefulness—of things being “right.” In this […] The post When A Painting Speaks To You<br>Part II: What Makes A Painting Work? appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

BY JONAS GERARD • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE Published in the July 2019 • Vol. 22, No. 11 of:Rapid River Magazine’s Arts & Culture Abstract art is difficult to define but fascinating. After an extremely long progression stemming from the Impressionist movement beginning in mid-19th Century France, the “Abstract Expressionist Movement” as we call it today, […] The post What abstract art means to me appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

Why is it so difficult to discover one’s inner self?  Shouldn’t it be an effortless process occurring naturally as we age — where ultimately, like mental slight-of-hand, the inner self is magically revealed? The difficulties people experience while striving for inner peace and harmony would suggest that achieving psychological and spiritual growth is a bit […] The post Life & Art <br>In Search of the Illusive Inner Self appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

In Part I of “When A Painting Speaks To You”, we explored how one can be drawn into an abstract expressionistic painting. By allowing oneself to feel the energy of the painting, the viewer often connects to the artists’ process of creation, resulting in feelings of completeness, wholeness and peacefulness—of things being “right.” In this […] The post When A Painting Speaks To You<br>Part II: What Makes A Painting Work? appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more

BY JONAS GERARD • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE Published in the July 2019 • Vol. 22, No. 11 of:Rapid River Magazine’s Arts & Culture Abstract art is difficult to define but fascinating. After an extremely long progression stemming from the Impressionist movement beginning in mid-19th Century France, the “Abstract Expressionist Movement” as we call it today, […] The post What abstract art means to me appeared first on Jonas Gerard ..read more