Jonathan Fisher     

I am fascinated by nature, landscapes, and biological forms such as cells and microbes, which I think of as systems. These systems shape our living environment, offering both safety and danger, familiarity and uncertainty. My work is inspired by the structures and textures of surfaces we encounter through touch, as well as those revealed only under a microscope. I am drawn to the beauty of contemplating entities that exist beyond our immediate perception, both smaller and larger than ourselves. Through the sublime, the celestial, and the microscopic, I explore the wonder of what lies beyond our understanding.

​

For me, abstraction serves as a conduit between representational reality and imagination. My work inhabits the language of dreams, soft-focus memories, and the selective expression of emotion. Although my imagery may evoke planets within the solar system, cartographic structures, microscopic bacteria, or bubbles formed by running water, it does not depict a specific or tangible moment. Instead, it emerges from an imagined reality, one shaped by memory, sensation, and intuition. I seek to evoke a feeling or impression while allowing the source of the imagery to remain ambiguous.

​

The imagined worlds within my work exist in the liminal spaces between waking and sleeping, in those fleeting moments when the mind is saturated with color, distorted forms, and sensations that resist definition. These are experiences that feel vivid yet elusive, familiar yet beyond our ability to fully articulate. Through abstraction, I attempt to give visual form to these intangible states of being, exploring the space between what we perceive, what we imagine, and what remains beyond our comprehension.