JTBOLLY

JTBOLLY - A bold and intuitive digital painter

A bold and intuitive digital painter, JTBOLLY finds inspiration for his vibrant “digital acrylic-pour” paintings in both the inner workings of his mind as well as the details of his local environment. A largely self-taught artist, JTBOLLY officially began his career as a painter in the early 2000's, after relocating to begin a new life.

“I struggled as a kid, in life. I didn’t really get it until I began painting on my own, much later in life. It was like I’d found something worth holding on to, finally. Painting was an activity that bettered my life, and I held on to that.”

More and more intrigued by what art offered, he began studying color theory on his own, experimenting with various paints and eventually developing his signature "digital acrylic-pour" style.

“This process is what helps me stay focused and develop into a better artist as well as a better person. I love painting because it helps me to be a better version of myself. One of my underlying goals in creating and sharing my work is to help other people do what I have done: become better through art.”

He’s less interested in the technical aspects of painting and more invested in the mental and emotional processes that make up creative expression; The art of JTBOLLY is a function of joy. His works are assembled according to and infused with a rich spectrum of genuine emotion.

“I’m sure a lot of artists infuse their work with emotion, but I tend to fully invest myself, and the intensity of my feelings, into my work. There’s always deep emotion connecting everything.”

Deeply dedicated to the creative process, JTBOLLY continues exploring emotion through digital paint as he evolves his body of work. In doing so, he sees painting as an opportunity to encourage other people to do the same.

“For me, these paintings are an expression of pure joy and a way to celebrate life. The whole creative process serves to further open my mind to the real world, and hopefully it has a similar effect on other people, too.”

JTBOLLY’s paintings are vivid explosions of free flowing yet precisely controlled ribbons and streams of digital paint that engulf the viewer in his cosmos of color. Though abstract expressionism may serve as a general reference point for his art, JTBOLLY’s work is thoroughly modern and more than a bit futuristic, evoking the digital-electric media sphere (though without even trying).

Even with its otherworldly dazzle, JTBOLLY’s art retains a distinctly intimate, human-scale charm, probably because his approach is grounded in the real world of geometry. This may be the “secret sauce” (or subtle source) of why the work is so engaging and interactive—in the organic way that’s common to the best painting. The viewer is drawn into his compositions by—among other elements—the curve of his lines, which induce the eye to glide from one quadrant of the canvas to the next, piecing together the entire work, even imagining the composition process; then stepping back and taking the full measure of the perfectly integrated whole.

“Geometry, that awareness of shape and relation, informs my creative process, but it’s also something I can see in my mind when a painting is completed.”

Whatever JTBOLLY may be intending to express through his art (intentionally and otherwise); and whatever emotions or ideas it may convey to viewers, what the work is fundamentally about is color. More precisely, the blending/juxtaposition/collision of color is the work’s dominant element; which may, in turn, provoke its strongest response, whereby the colors lend themselves to changing perceptions that may be subtle or extreme: the colors simply scan differently from one viewing to the next and exist wholly in collaboration (or confrontation) with one another, as opposed to isolated pigments occupying their own distinct space. In other words, the image is still, but never static, owing to the play of optical effects, the eternal mystery/complexity (and emotional depth) of color, and the fact that all good art is more than the sum of its parts.

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Contact - jtbolly@jtbolly.com