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April Issue 2009
The Pump Gallery
in Asheville, NC, Features Works by Christopher Jones
The Pump Gallery of Phil Mechanic Studios in Asheville, NC, is presenting the exhibit, New Work from Christopher Jones, on view from Apr. 3 - 28, 2009.
Until three years ago, Jones had never picked up a brush with any true intentions of doing anything other than painting a door jamb or touching up the scratches on his truck. A watercolor he did in high school still hangs in his Mother's home. As he grew up, Jones learned through his family's frequent moves that drawing caricatures was a great way to make friends. It was an easy icebreaker. He never really thought of it as art. Then Jones lost his younger brother, Ryan, to a congenital heart failure when Ryan was just 25 years old.
Expression through art became Jones' way to deal with the pain and sorrow from that loss. "I would take out my anger, anxiety or sadness on the canvass. It became the outlet I so desperately needed in order to heal," Jones says.
As with most artists, the creative process for Jones is an emotional encounter. It's about the excitement of living in the moment, for the moment and the rush of the experience. "It's the weight of the brush, the smell of the oil, the resistance of the paint and the sound of the bristles as they cross the canvas. The metallic snap of the shutter, the weight of the camera and the hollow pop of the flash is what stirs my soul," says Jones. "Somehow the art takes care of itself. . .".
Jones is a manager in the emergency department at Mission Hospital when he's not making art. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Montreat College.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the center at
828/255-0066 or visit (www.philmechanicstudios.com).
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