John Kjos

John Kjos explores the relationship between form, line, transparency, and color. Drawing inspiration from the western landscape, Kjos’s paintings are imbued with the atmosphere of their source, and the transparent hues and layered colors give the work a quality that echoes our experience with the limitless skies and the vast horizon of the American West. Kjos's focus on composition, and its inherent poetry, and grounds the work within our visual range. Each painting explores the nuances of how form, transparency and color combine with those of balance and harmony to create a compelling works of art.