j a x u n [describes his a r t ...] "My art is primarily an exploration of color and organic form, a vehicle for creative meditation with a heavily abstract, expressionistic flavor. The bulk of my work is non-representational, characterized by vibrant hues, an engaging luminous quality, and fluid transitions of one color into the next. I create simply for the sake of creating most of the time, without any particular goal in mind once I begin an image. Much of the resulting art reflects my fascination with the infinite ways color can be combined to stir the spirit of both the artist and viewer. I try to harmonize the elements of each composition so that the spontaneity of expression with which I begin an image does not overpower the work at completion.
[on his s t y l e ...] "My images are decidedly abstract expressionist, with an occasional touch of surrealism. I like to think that if Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Georgia O'Keefe and Helen Frankenthaler were to integrate their respective styles and explore the potential of digital image creation tools, their combined efforts would result in something resembling my own work. "Because I use a computer to create and compose my images, I am free to utilize a number of tools in concert which mimic traditional media remarkably well. This means I can push pigments on my digital canvasses using a watercolor brush on one portion of the image and an oil brush on adjacent (or even overlapping) sections. The ability to combine these various tools in the creation process, in addition to using other "filters" available within the graphics programs to manipulate the images, allows me to synthesize styles and develop my own unique flavor of abstract expressionism. I feel that my style is especially unique because it takes "computer art" to the next level, incorporating a much more organic sensibility than most people associate with computer-based art." [on his p h i l o s o p h y ...] "As a "new media" artist, I work with an infinitely changeable canvas. My art reflects my fascination with the experience of exploring and expressing the unapparent symmetries and patterns of the universe in full, luminous color on the computer screen. "The purpose of my art- as I feeel the purpose of all art might well be- is to alter perceptions. My art gives the viewer room to experience the power of color on the human consciousness without enforcing a restricting need to interpret an explicit message in my images. My art is simply about the experience of viewing it.
[on his i n s p i r a t i o n s ...] "My inspiration for my art comes primarily from nature, from the patterns and textures in the universe I may not always be able to see directly, but which I intuit. I like to think of my art as a representation of atomic-level interactions of matter and energy with my imagination. There is an element of chaos in each piece I create that is influenced by my observations of natural phenomena, and I consider this aspect an integral part of my style. Creating my art is a form of meditation for me, so the inspiration often springs from whatever I'm feeling at the moment I happen to be working on an image." [on the t e c h n o l o g y ...]
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