John Domont's Journey and Begging Bowl Series Explored
Painter John Domont presents a portfolio spanning landscape, figurative, abstraction, and still life, unified by a universal visual language. His Journey Series seeks to unify physical and non-physical aspects of existence, while the Begging Bowl Series, inspired by a 1987 teaching, explores receptivity through over one hundred dream- and meditation-derived images. Domont works on large canvases with a red underpainting, using layered, intuitive processes over months. Works include "Journey 47" (oil on linen, 72" x 60"), "Journey 36" (oil on linen, 48" x 60"), "Journey 40" (oil on canvas, 36" x 36"), "Journey 23" (oil on canvas, 108" x 56"), "Begging Bowl 95" (oil on canvas with washi paper, 30" x 24"), "Begging Bowl 98" (oil on linen, 30" x 24"), "Begging Bowl 88" (oil on canvas, 44" x 32"), and "Begging Bowl 84" (oil on canvas, 84" x 64"). Domont invites followers on Facebook and Instagram.
Key facts
- John Domont is a painter whose work spans landscape, figurative, abstraction, and still life.
- His Journey Series aims to unify physical and non-physical aspects of life.
- The Begging Bowl Series was inspired by a teaching from 1987: 'Come to the divine with a bowl, an empty bowl, a beggar’s bowl.'
- Domont has received over one hundred images for the Begging Bowl Series through dreams, meditation, and reverie.
- He prefers large canvases for freedom of gesture and expression.
- Each painting begins with a red underpainting to establish warmth.
- His process is highly layered and intuitive, often taking months.
- Works include 'Journey 47' (oil on linen, 72" x 60") and 'Begging Bowl 84' (oil on canvas, 84" x 64").
Entities
Artists
- John Domont
Institutions
- Artsy Shark