JOHN HATHORN

ARTIST STATEMENT

The Cardinalis Sketches (derived from the work cardinal) is a new body of work in which the color red formally and conceptually serves as a point of departure. While exploring references to subjects as diverse as linguistics, botany, and ornithology, the series underscores a sustained interest in selected artists for whom color and the sensuality of the human figure were integral. The paintings reflect a tracing of felt experience — exploring relationships of image to language and sensation to form.