The orange linework cascades across the picture plane with an abandon that borrows from Egon Schiele's contour experiments, yet Jonesey's portrait operates through accumulation rather than precision - layers of scribbled hair overwhelming the careful smile beneath. That smile is the work's one still point, and the surrounding chaos swallows it.
The orange linework cascades across the picture plane with an abandon that borrows from Egon Schiele's contour experiments, yet Jonesey's portrait operates through accumulation rather than precision - layers of scribbled hair overwhelming the careful smile beneath. That smile is the work's one still point, and the surrounding chaos swallows it.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery