Jay Amundson, USA

Originally from Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education in 1996. Went on to study interior design in Chicago at the Harrington Institute of Interior Design, graduated in 2002. Currently living in Chicago and working as a designer. Works in acrylic: Style of these works described as simplified abstractions of nature. Every element is pared down to its most basic form to convey its meaning. A simplified vocabulary of line, curve and solid fields of color create illusions of land, water, and sky, and capture the essence of a quit moment or place. Relationships between each shape imply movement and stasis, and the desire for balance. The ideas of nature, modern architecture, and music are always present.