Jonathan Mayers is a contemporary surrealist artist living and working in New Orleans, LA. He employs a tranditional old master's drawing technique of silverpoint to create fantastic surreal images on canvas and paper.

Artist Statement:

My work addresses the impact that humans have on the environment in our contemporary world. A primary focus, but not exclusive, includes industrial materials or objects, their overwhelming presence that informs the juxtaposition of economic progress, and the reality of environmental disruption. Humor and metaphor are central themes of my work and reference my personal observations and experiences of living in the midst of these environments. Sources from Contemporary underground art have been filtered through my exposure to studio practice and art history, mainly the autonomous processes of Surrealism, resulting in a variety of influences that inform my work. I present imaginary images of architectural, biological, and mechanical transformations with the hopes of nudging the viewers' expectations and to create a better understanding of my opinion pertaining to the world and reality we all live in.

-------------------------------------------------------------

Done under my alias, feral opossum, I create artwork that falls under the Pop-Surrealism / Contemporary Underground art movement. You can view those works in the feral opossum section of my portfolio.