L’Éparpillage is Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers’ first exhibition with the gallery. Recent, small- to medium-scale, vibrant paintings depict metaphorical beasts amid meticulously rendered Louisiana landscapes. The mysterious creatures – somewhat wicked, somewhat charming – were born of the artist’s familiarity with Louisiana folklore, and serve to illustrate his opinion pertaining to the reality we live in. The haunting, curious images also address the current fragility of our ecosystem, most specifically the southern region of Louisiana.
Galleries
Jonathan Mayers
Le Grand Cochon boisé contre Le Gardien palmiste (The Great Wooded Boar vs. The Palm Guardian)
2016
2016
Acrylic and Jean Lafitte sediment on panel, repurposed frame
33 x 41 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
La Chousse verte sur la bordure du bayou des Acadiens (The Green Stump on the Edge of Bayou des Acadiens)
2017
2017
Acrylic and Bayou des Acadiens sediment on panel, repurposed frame
29 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Le Mille-pattes d’écrevisse terrorisant toujours Jennings (The Crawfish Centipede still Terrorizing Jennings)
2016
2016
Acrylic and Jennings sediment on panel, repurposed frame
25 3/4 x 30 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
La Grosse Bréchure de l’île Petite Anse (The Big Breach of Avery Island)
2016
2016
Acrylic and Avery Island sediment on panel, repurposed frame
24 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Vieilles Barges dans le marais salant (Old Hay Stacks in the Salt Marsh)
2017
2017
Acrylic and sediment from West Pubnico, Nova Scotia
12 x 14 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Les Âmes toujours attachées à Grand Pré (The Souls Still Attached to Grand Pré)
2017
2017
Acrylic and Grand Pré sediment on panel, salvaged frame from Louisiana flood of August 2016
14 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Les Canards de la mèche Madère (The Ducks of Mèche Madère)
2016
Acrylic and Mèche Madère sediment on panel, repurposed frame
2016
Acrylic and Mèche Madère sediment on panel, repurposed frame
15 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Les Moccasins des nuages (The Moccasins of the Clouds)
2015
2015
Acrylic and Henderson Swamp mud on wood panel, repurposed frame
11 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
La Grande Écrevisse blanche de rivière (The Great White River Crawfish)
2015
2015
Acrylic and Intercostal Waterway mud on panel, repurposed frame
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Les Moutons à mandibules des Opelousas (The Sheep with Mandibles of Opelousas)
2015
2015
Acrylic and Opelousas mud on panel, repurposed frame
9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
La Sarracénie à pinces (The Pitcher Plant with Pincers)
2015
2015
Acrylic, sediment from marsh at Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia, repurposed frame
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Attaque des tordeuses ravageantes (Attack of Ravaging Budworms)2017
Signed & dated en verso
Acrylic and pebbles from Point Wolfe on panel, repurposed frame
6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
Tintamarre dessous Beaubassin (Racket beneath Beaubassin)
2017
2017
Acrylic and Beaubassin sediment on panel, repurposed frame
6 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches
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Jonathan Mayers
La Côte du miel (The Honey Coast)
2017
2017
Acrylic and sediment from Bassin Port Royal, the Melanson Settlement, on panel, repurposed frame
6 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches
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Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith
Jonathan “feral opossum” Mayers: L’Éparpillage | March 2017 Exhibition
Photography: Michael Smith