Flourish
Flourish
By Jonathan McAfee
Flourish is a deeply striking, soulful, and visually vibrant 24x30in. oil and acrylic painting on canvas by Evergreen, Colorado artist Jonathan McAfee. This vertical portrait features a commanding cowboy clad in a highly detailed, patchworked denim shirt and a weathered cowboy hat. The work beautifully expands upon McAfee's signature style by juxtaposing a deeply serious, texturized portrait against an exuberant, graphic backdrop of blooming flora, turning a classic Western figure into a complex and celebratory contemporary masterwork.
McAfee showcases a masterful handling of contrasting techniques, seamlessly synthesizing heavily layered, sculptural oil strokes in the figure with flat, matte acrylic segments in the background. The cowboy's face and hands are rendered with an intense, expressive impasto—using fractured tones of rich sienna, deep plum, and brilliant ochre to carve out a look of profound contemplation and resilience. His shirt is a visual feast of textured pattern play, combining denim-blue washes with thick, multicolored patches of floral and paisley designs. In a brilliant structural contrast, this highly tactile figure is set against a solid, deep forest-green backdrop populated by stylized, flat-graphic flowers in bold shades of crimson, sunny yellow, salmon pink, and bright turquoise. It is a powerful, high-energy statement piece that effortlessly bridges modern pop design with the soulful emotional depth of contemporary figurative Western art.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 24x30in.
- Medium: Oil and acrylic on canvas
- Artist: Jonathan McAfee (Evergreen, CO)
- Framing: Please contact the gallery for framing options.
- Style: Contemporary Figurative Western / Modern Expressionist Portraiture