Jonathon Telcher (b.1972) Australian abstract painter.
His love of art history and ongoing technical education influences his creative practice. There are repeating motifs of seascape, horizon, sky and decaying surface which are a direct link to his Navy service. Jonathon's art is executed primarily as minimalist colour field abstractions that embody a sense of calm and serenity. The purpose of his art is to imply minimalist colour fields with hinted elements of landscape that suggest incompleteness so the viewer can transform the work with their own thoughts. Although the work shouldn't be considered solely based on its resemblance to landscape as the element of colour field is equally strong. The work is often dark and brooding, with the colour field elements rarely uniform.
There is an academic element to Jonathon's work which can be described as a broadly minimalist, where each piece is developed with a minimalist intent, but differing from pure minimalism as the work contains allusions to images, places and objects. His process is quite simple, without much pre-planning he lays down abstracted shapes with a knife, blending and feathering the surface smooth with a brush, removing layers with pure determination and repeating the process with a limited colour palette until a satisfactory image emerges. There is a fusion of automatism and volition in his works which is pursued to enhance the abstracted nature of his practice - there is no such thing as accident or mistake, it all comes from the subconscious - it could be considered 'process art'.
Jonathon hopes that his works convey meaning through the imagery that develops organically and techniques used. He works with smaller pieces on paper that can be framed using ready-made frame and matte products found in craft and homewares stores for an inexpensive, yet elegant-looking framing solution.