Jonathan Hertzel
Santa Fe, NM.
Implied
Acrylic on canvas
30" x 40"
2023
$1400
About
Hertzel graduated with a BA in History from the University of Rochester in 1978 then went on to study sculpture and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. While at PAFA he met his wife, painter Linda Guenste, and were married in 1985 and have been together ever since. Hertzel taught art in museums, community art schools and public and private institution. His art is represented in the collections of PAFA Museum in Philadelphia, James Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA and at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ. In 2015 they moved and built their studios in Santa Fe, NM. From 2019-2021, Hertzel was part of an exhibition at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden called “Human Nature”. The exhibit featured eight large bronzes from Hertzel’s series “Stories From My Ancestors”.
Artist Statement
My paintings are a conversation of vibrant colors, marks and gestural weavings. Worlds within worlds are built as a fusion of visual activity. Gestural figurations are shapeshifting through an ever changing and layered landscape. In a dreamlike suspension, an abstract pictorial narrative comes in and out of focus. Forms float, solidify, emerge and disperse in a stillness of motion as thoughts emerge into color and energy of infinite unpredictable possibilities.
