Entries by Jonathan Kelly

Thomas

This is named after my youngest son.  He is forever looking to other places, he is demanding and strong willed and always knows what he wants; even when it is contrary to what everyone else in the family wants.  His curiosity and faith in himself often over whelms any natural self preservation which most of […]

The Silver Arrow

                The German Grand Prix course contains the dark forest, lacking in light and full of doom when the heavens open.  The perfect place for the Silver Arrow is leaving this and heading into the sunlight.    

The Photo

“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!” ― Victor Hugo I find that staring at this painting only makes it more confusing, ¨beauty is in the eye of the beholder¨ – but will we ever know what beauty someone else is focusing on?    

The Colour of Music

This was done during winter, when the house was cold and it became more apparant than usual that music adds colour to the world as well as sound.  It warms a house both audiably and visually.   Each key on the piano is separately cut.  The colour of the music is the rear most layer […]

Spaghetti Virus

This is a real criss cross of ideas, I was inspired by the most wonderful road system I saw on a ariel photograph, however, at the time of creating it the news was full of the ebola crisis and somehow the two ideas merged to create Spaghetti Virus.  

Racing Car

Through out my live I have taken to the roads, for years I was a dispatch rider in London, I supported myself through university by working on a trusty Honda CX500, a bike which served me well and kept me fed and watered for many years.  Since having a family I have become rather less reckless […]

Joseph

My son loved this so much that he asked for it to be named after him.  I hope that when any child leaves their perfect secure worlds that they head into something at least as wonderful. The colourful world of the child is created on the first layer of wood.  This wood is cut by […]

Fukushima

      I believe that art should enhance our lives, but this is a disaster that will impact all of us forever. Fukushima – A lesson to Learn