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Dream Sequences

Jonathan K. Rice

Artist’s statement: Image, color, composition, and texture are all informed by what I read, what I listen to, and that which surrounds me. I work with acrylics and mixed media, painting, and creating assemblage and collage as well. My work is primarily abstract. Through my paintings, I explore the relevance of the indescribable, and work toward the understanding of that which can’t always be understood. In this sense, creating art is part of a spiritual journey as I seek to connect the physical and the nonphysical with the intention of drawing the viewer into a deeper understanding of his or herself in relation to the world and that which is physically beyond them.

A few years ago I awoke one morning and had the idea to begin a series of paintings that related to my dreams somehow. These paintings emerged over a period of several months. They are all 12” x 12” x 1 ¼.”

Dream Sequence 2 - Jonathan K. Rice
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Dream Sequence 3 - Jonathan K. Rice
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Dream Sequence 11 - Jonathan K. Rice
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Dream Sequence 12 - Jonathan K. Rice
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Dream Sequence 15 - Jonathan K. Rice
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Jonathan K. Rice

Jonathan K. Rice is founding editor and publisher of Iodine Poetry Journal, which is in its fifteenth year of publication. Iodine Poetry Journal has had the distinction of having work included in Best American Poetry 2006.

He is the author of a chapbook, Shooting Pool With A Cellist (Main Street Rag, 2003) and a full-length collection, Ukulele and Other Poems (Main Street Rag, 2006). His poetry has appeared in numerous publications and he has been a longtime host of poetry readings in Charlotte, NC, where he lives with his family.

In 2012 he received the Irene Blair Honeycutt Legacy Award for outstanding service in support of local and regional writers, awarded by Central Piedmont Community College.

He is also a visual artist. Recently his art has appeared in the online arts journal, Levure Litteraire.

Author: Jonathan K. Rice Tags: painting Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry December 22, 2014

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