John Nelson - Flowered
February 4 – March 13, 2015
“I take simple, bold, and instantly recognizable images of everyday life and paint them with a sense of drama. If there is a theory behind my work, it is semiotics: the theory of signs. Images can function like words in a sentence, the meaning of each image dependent on how it is paired with other symbols.”
--John Nelson
Andrea Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition, Flowered, featuring new work by John Nelson, opening Wednesday February 4, from 5:30 – 7:30PM.
In this new body of work, Flowered, a whimsical and botanical language is expressed that extends beyond science to touch on themes of romance, fecundity, life phases and cycles. Nelson’s paintings bring together images of animal, plant and human forms in varying life phases to convey, through iconography and language, the whimsical and romantic abundance of life.
(More of his works may be found on his portfolio page.)
February 4 – March 13, 2015
“I take simple, bold, and instantly recognizable images of everyday life and paint them with a sense of drama. If there is a theory behind my work, it is semiotics: the theory of signs. Images can function like words in a sentence, the meaning of each image dependent on how it is paired with other symbols.”
--John Nelson
Andrea Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition, Flowered, featuring new work by John Nelson, opening Wednesday February 4, from 5:30 – 7:30PM.
In this new body of work, Flowered, a whimsical and botanical language is expressed that extends beyond science to touch on themes of romance, fecundity, life phases and cycles. Nelson’s paintings bring together images of animal, plant and human forms in varying life phases to convey, through iconography and language, the whimsical and romantic abundance of life.
(More of his works may be found on his portfolio page.)
