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Solar Energy
©2008. Worlds Thru Ink, Ron Jones
Date Completed: 2008
Medium: Acrylic and diamond beads on wood, gloss varnish
Below are some examples of a stool that I painted for the Ridgefield Overlook Park Project in August of 2007. This project was to benefit the construction of an overlook platform area in downtown Ridgefield as a viewpoint for the Wildlife Refuge. It brought in some pretty good $$ out of the ten stools donated so I guess it turned out ok. When I finished the piece I actually named it “Stool Sample”. Well, it’s a stool and it’s a sample of my work and I’m not a painter. Anyway, after discussing the title with the director of the donations we came up with a different name. The description is after the images.
Ridgefield Overlook Park.
Title of piece “Solar Energy”:
I spent my High School years from 85-87 at Ridgefield High School. I remember my art instructor at the time was Mrs. Kent. In class we would experiment with all sorts of media and I fell for the precision of the ink pen. I have created over 30 works since I began to place ink on paper in the late 80’s. Now 20 years later I’m asked to invest my artistic talents to brighten a plain wooden stool for a local project. I gladly accept. Unfortunately I find out quickly that the precision of an ink pen will not work on this lonely little stool. Yes, I would need to use acrylic paint. What you see in this stool are my graphic artist intentions painted in reference to Overlook Park. This is my 1 st full painting in over 20 years.
The black line work pattern is in each and every work of mine. It defines the path of the image. For this project I chose to add 4 colors within the line work. This is in reference to every color seen in the Refuge throughout the year. Instead of painting every color imaginable I utilized the 3 primary colors Blue, Red, and Yellow because those are the basis for all other color. The Purple is personally significant to me because it is my daughter’s favorite color and she is my only seed. Everything beautiful in this refuge starts with a single seed. My wife Sarah then glued jewels to the purple. This is to signify a treasure that should be preserved as an asset for the future. The Red and Yellow are used together to represent the day and the Blue and Purple the night. The jewels are as the stars would be as I saw them years ago on quiet walks through the darkness. I used the spiral pattern to define DNA and how everything is linked.
