Jonathan Richards

The paintings are formed through layering and manipulation.
The process is laborious, however during this repeated activity an interior and material language becomes established. The layered paint creates a material-like skin. These skins of pure paint are then assembled with the intention to create a surface where tone and shadow articulate form. Each painting becomes an autonomous object.
Mass, weight and volume become material characteristics. Surfaces create their own spaces, establishing environments within other environments which although adhere to the pictorial plane continue to extend, push through, over hang and displace the perimeters set to confine the painting.
Each painting is site sensitive and aims to animate its setting through articulating a visual body language.

acrylic paint 120 x 110 x 45cm 2013

acrylic paint 120 x 110 x 45cm 2013

acrylic paint 120 x 110 x 45cm 2013

acrylic paint 150 x 100 x 40cm 2012 (NKD, Norway)

acrylic paint with norwegian birch 310 x 60 x 135cm 2012 (NKD, Norway)

acrylic paint with norwegian birch 310 x 60 x 135cm 2012 (NKD, Norway)

acrylic paint with steel 350 x 300cm 2013

acrylic paint 110 x 45 x 15cm 2010

Three skins of paint measuring 250 x 120cm each are subjected to various means of manipulation.

acrylic paint 40 x 35 x 35cm 2013

acrylic paint 40 x 35 x 35cm 2013
![Rectangle no.3 [Cocoon]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/500f83_99c6270ec5ef4dfe8ef598a4984165e9.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1470,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/500f83_99c6270ec5ef4dfe8ef598a4984165e9.jpg)
acrylic paint 90 x 22 x 15cm 2013
![Rectangle no.3 [Cocoon] detail](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/500f83_e16cad0cb0aa41118f0f7c209e85df40.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1470,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/500f83_e16cad0cb0aa41118f0f7c209e85df40.jpg)
acrylic paint 90 x 22 x 15cm 2013

acrylic paint 310 x 140 x 130cm 2011

acrylic paint 220 x 125 x 10cm 2012 (NKD, Norway)

acrylic paint 220 x 125 x 10cm 2012 (NKD, Norway)

Currently work in progress.

acrylic paint on stretched canvas 140 x 140 x 15cm 2011
