Lot 26

Jonathan Forrest’s paintings combine both his signature bands of colour with saturated washes that bleed and seep creating veil like textures. Coming of age as a painter in Saskatoon in the 1980s had a huge impact on Jonathan Forrest’s development as an artist. Modernism and Prairie Abstraction was firmly rooted in Saskatoon, where there was an emphasis on abstraction that was open, thin, clear and flat, self-referential with no illusions to space or subject. Good Day Sunshine follows this strict parameter and supercharges us with vibrant colour. Says Forrest, “The painting was made by starting with an intense saturated coloured background that is then set off by building blocks of paint and colour. Created in the higher key, the colour is what I’d call impact colour with each block hitting you full force.”

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Jonathan Forrest’s paintings combine both his signature bands of colour with saturated washes that bleed and seep creating veil like textures. Coming of age as a painter in Saskatoon in the 1980s had a huge impact on Jonathan Forrest’s development as an artist. Modernism and Prairie Abstraction was firmly rooted in Saskatoon, where there was an emphasis on abstraction that was open, thin, clear and flat, self-referential with no illusions to space or subject. Good Day Sunshine follows this strict parameter and supercharges us with vibrant colour. Says Forrest, “The painting was made by starting with an intense saturated coloured background that is then set off by building blocks of paint and colour. Created in the higher key, the colour is what I’d call impact colour with each block hitting you full force.”

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