Wood’s work is often described as sincere due to its recurrent motifs of still-life and domestic interiors, as exemplified in such works as Hammer and Speaker - the artist himself has stated that he is “interested in exploring the spaces that I’ve inhabited and the psychological impact they've had on me and my memories of them.”
« Color is something that I am really into. I guess everyone is into color in some way. Color is a balancing act. »
Jonas Wood
Using a combination of bright colour, vivid pattern and flattened space, Wood creates works that are often categorised as
abstract; he has also been associated with a number of other styles, including Modernism and
Pop Art, and has cited
Lucien Freud,
David Hockney and
Alex Katz a
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Wood’s work is often described as sincere due to its recurrent motifs of still-life and domestic interiors, as exemplified in such works as Hammer and Speaker - the artist himself has stated that he is “interested in exploring the spaces that I’ve inhabited and the psychological impact they've had on me and my memories of them.”
« Color is something that I am really into. I guess everyone is into color in some way. Color is a balancing act. »
Jonas Wood
Using a combination of bright colour, vivid pattern and flattened space, Wood creates works that are often categorised as
abstract; he has also been associated with a number of other styles, including Modernism and
Pop Art, and has cited
Lucien Freud,
David Hockney and
Alex Katz as influences, remarking: “All three of them are superheroes.”
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