Jonathan Puls’s “The Day Paintings” are displayed at the College of the Sequoias gallery, located at the Kaweah building in room 214. His art will be displayed until February 18th of
this month from Tuesday -Thursday: 10 am-4 pm, and Fridays by appointment.

This is how Puls began the creation of “The Day Paintings” in the gallery.

“ What I started to do was respond to my sketchbook material [and] think about the ways that some of the figures could evoke moods or themes, ” Artist Jonathan Puls.

What is interesting about Puls’ work on display is that he uses different types of artistic tools from pencil to watercolor, and to oil. All showing up in his art studies, and finishing with oils.

Jonathan Puls has multiple paintings on display, one that catches the eye is “Birth Day”. A child hovers over a group of people, as they wait expectantly for something. The story behind the painting is the loss of an unborn child at birth. His other paintings on display include “Sabbath day”, “Self Portrait with a Doll”, “Independence day”, “ Trash Day”, and “Park Day”.

” This artwork is really relevant today there is this underlying turmoil and lovely proximity,” Amie Rangel, the curator at the Cos art gallery, states.

The art gallery is a long narrow room, lit by fixtures on both sides of the wall. Stretching out in each direction are Puls’s surreal paintings, full of bored faces, instruments, and some of the sketches like a junkyard in his are real places that the artist studied and re-created in his own works.

” Students start preparing to learn how to work at a gallery, especially at putting up [art] and especially at putting down [the art],” said Cos student, Jakelin Santos, who works at the art gallery. The Cos gallery class helps students prepare for a future career in the arts.

One of the reasons the art department chose to showcase Puls’s art was because it shows the brainstorming process verses the finished pieces. Cos art majors visit the gallery during class, sometimes to study Puls’s work, and saturate their minds with the preparation that went into the finished paintings. Students who run the gallery get to a closer proximity to the artwork.

The College of the Sequoias gallery is a place for all artists to admire Pul’s artwork and is open to the public Until February 18th from Tuesday -Thursday: 10 am-4 pm, and Fridays by appointment.

Quotes:
“ I think on the circulation side you spend a little time with it and see where it goes,” Amie Rangel.

“ The students really take over,” Amie Rangel.

“ Sometimes we have them sketch,” Amie Rangel.
“As an art department, we want to foster that research,” Amie Rangel.
“This work is really relevant to today there is this underlying turmoil and lovely proximity,” Amie Rangel.
“ I have more time to observe the artwork the fun part is you get inspiration from the art here,” Jakelin Santos, Cos student.

“ Students start preparing to learn how to work at a gallery especially at putting up [art] and especially at putting down [the art],” Jakelin Santos.

There is a relationship between the artist and the gallery and those that view things from it.

This semester there are two art classes
The final paintings, sketches, and beginning stages are all displayed. It was the artist’s idea to do this.
Artist drove to the gallery on a Friday unloaded art, and Amie put it together.
The role of the artist is to use their art to speak to an audience
The art matches the curriculum
The artist is chosen every two years
Last semester wrote the artist analysis

Jonathan Puls’s “The Day Paintings” are displayed at the College of the Sequoias gallery, located at the Kaweah building in room 214. His art will be displayed until February 18th of this month.

” This artwork is really relevant today there is this underlying turmoil and lovely proximity,” Amie Rangel, the curator at the Cos art gallery, states.

The art gallery is a long narrow room, lit by fixtures on both sides of the wall. Stretching out in each direction are Puls’s surreal paintings, full of bored faces, instruments, and some of the sketches like his junkyard study #2 (in his painting Independence day ) are real places that the artist studied and re-created in his own works.

“ Sometimes we have [the students] come in and sketch,” Says Amie Rangel,” As an art department we want to foster that research,” she explains Puls’s work helps the students learn the foundations that go into finishing a final piece of artwork.

Jonathan Puls has multiple paintings on display, one that catches the eye is “Birth Day” a child hovers over a group of people, as they look expectant as they wait for something. The story behind the painting is about a family that lost their child at birth.

Cos student, Jakelin Santos, works at the art gallery and says,” Students start preparing to learn how to work at a gallery especially at putting up [art] and especially at putting down [the art].” This is why working at the gallery (it is a class) helps students for a future career in the arts.

“ With the things in the gallery I started to respond more to my sketch book,” Jonathan Puls.