Ron Buffington
untitled
gouache on paper
40,6 x 30,5 cm (16” x 12”)
Ron Buffington
untitled
gouache on paper
40,6 x 30,5 cm (16” x 12”)
Ron Buffington
all: untitled
gouache on paper
40,6 x 30,5 cm (16” x 12”)
Ron Buffington
all: untitled
gouache on paper
40,6 x 30,5 cm (16” x 12”)
When I was in undergraduate school (the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, mid 1990’s), I had a professor and mentor that changed my life and who made me reconsider the world; Ron Buffington. The moment I saw Ron’s painting, I knew I had stumbled onto something special and also knew that I didn’t understand it.
As a professor, Ron quickly understood that I had a desire and need to push beyond what is comfortable and expected, so that was encouraged and celebrated. He allowed me to fail, and fail often and never gave up on me. He asked me to consider edge, surface, and intimacy. He asked me to consider relationships (or “versus”)of painting; big vs. small, thick vs. thin, matte vs. gloss, painted vs. unpainted, loud vs. silent. I watched how he handled material and subject with sensitivity and grace, and mimicked his rigor and empathy and I realized that those same things he was asking me to consider, he was combating in his own work. Eventually, I understood, and found my own voice and hand. Everything I do today, is because of the gifts Ron Buffington gave me. Thank you Ron.
Jeffrey Cortland Jones, 2021
Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Landscape Replica (In That Brief Moment Between Thoughts)
enamel on acrylic panel
30,5 x 91,5 cm (12” x 36”)
Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Landscape Replica (The Warmth of Other Suns)
enamel on acrylic panel
30,5 x 91,5 cm (12” x 36”)
Jeffrey Cortland Jones (US)
Landscape Replica (With Uncovered Eyes)
enamel on acrylic panel
30,5 x 91,5 cm (12” x 36”)
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