{"id":30351,"date":"2016-01-13T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=30351"},"modified":"2016-01-14T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:48:12","slug":"local-artist-lowdown-jonathan-kent-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/local-artist-lowdown-jonathan-kent-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Artist Lowdown: Jonathan Kent Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"jonatan<\/a>Name:<\/strong> Jonathan Kent Adams<\/span><\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong> jonathan_kent_adams<\/span><\/p>\n

Age and Astrological sign:<\/strong> \u00a025\/Gemini<\/span><\/p>\n

How long have you lived in Oxford?<\/strong> \u00a0Almost 7 years<\/span><\/p>\n

Artistic Style<\/strong>: \u00a0All over the place.<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite project you\u2019ve completed?<\/strong> I had the opportunity to show in Miami during Art Basel at a fringe show called Art Gaysel. \u00a0The experience was incredible getting to meet so many people that loved art and were curious about what I was creating. \u00a0I also sold more than half of my work which was exciting for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where can we see your art on display?<\/strong> I have work hanging in City Grocery. \u00a0It is a black and white series. \u00a0The series is definitely a departure from most of my work. \u00a0The ink series is like the skeleton beneath my paintings. \u00a0The truth. The heart lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early art experience?<\/strong> I sang more as young person than I ever painted. \u00a0My early art experience consisted of me drawing signs for Homecoming in High school. \u00a0I never had an art class until my sophomore year of college.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"jonathan<\/a>Favorite medium?<\/strong> For me to choose a favorite would be a lie. \u00a0Each medium has been helpful at one time or another to communicate a certain concept more clearly. \u00a0My default would definitely be an oil painting, but I am always cutting those up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Favorite artistic tool or implement?<\/strong> My hands. \u00a0I love my hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Favorite artists?<\/strong> Lady Gaga- she is always reinventing herself. \u00a0I like that. \u00a0I do not want to be known as an oil painter who paints the same type of painting. \u00a0Predictable. \u00a0I do not want my artistic career to be predictable. I like that she challenges that with passion.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am also so grateful for the beauty that comes from art by:<\/strong> \u00a0Leslie Dill, Howard Finster, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Mary Beth McKenzie, Francis Bacon, Don Bachardy, Rod Moorhead, Picasso and I really love all of Michelangelo\u2019s pieces that revealed his process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where do you get the inspiration for your art?<\/strong> Sexuality, Religion, and Antamony<\/span><\/p>\n

\"staring<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Most productive hours\/environment?<\/strong> I honestly just need a wall I can paint or write on and a candle or two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a studio? If so, where is it located?<\/strong> Yes, in my house<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have a \u201cday job\u201d? If so, where?<\/strong> High Point Coffee, Jackson Ave<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite bands?<\/strong> Fink, Sara Bareilles, Novo Amor, \u00a0Lady Gaga, Audrey Assad, Penny & Sparrow, Erik Hassle, St. Lucia, Sigur Ros<\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite books\/authors?<\/strong> Tell No One by Harlan Coben<\/span><\/p>\n

Faith Beyond Resentment by James Alison<\/span><\/p>\n

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris<\/span><\/p>\n

What are some of your other hobbies?<\/strong> Smelling candles, antique shopping, instagram, cleaning, reading, cooking, having unnecessary conversations in my head, letting Blake attempt to teach me yoga<\/span><\/p>\n

How has being from the south influenced your work?<\/strong> The south is weird and wonderful. There is a hospitality that hides some of the places that we need to work through with each other. \u00a0My passion has always been to be brave somehow. \u00a0My answer to that calling is the choice to be honest about my experience as a gay person here in the south. \u00a0A gay person that also happens to be in love with God. \u00a0I have had people that do not believe in me, my art, or the truth of those sentences, but that has only ignited a fire in me to walk through the dark of fake smiles and empty words.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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