Jonas Gerard

Jonas Gerard is a self-taught painter. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1941, to Jewish parents of French and Brazilian ancestry. Jonas is a self-styled, spontaneous abstract expressionist painter, and the rhythmic influence of music is an important part of his artistic process. The music allows him to work unpredictably and intuitively, kicking it into another mode and bringing it home to a subconscious space where he can respond to the rhythm, and the direction the paintings suggest to him. That direction is filled with light. Collectors, visitors and exhibition-goers constantly remark about the profusion of light, color and warmth greeting them when they admire a piece.