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ABOUT THE WORK

Bree Jonson’s paintings of flora and fauna are critical commentaries on the relationship that we, humans, have with our environment and the alienation that has resulted from our ostracizing and neglect of nature. Although she limits her subject matter to visualizations of non-human beings, she aims to bring out the inherent savageness in human nature that will lead up to a sense of mutuality and interdependence with our living world and eventually deviate from an anthropocentric viewpoint to being more inclusive of other species. Her paintings have been described as allegories imbued with mystery. For Jonson, animals reveal the unvarnished truth regarding human nature. She expounds on this in a The Star article: “I really see animals as fables, as a metaphor for humans... [They] have another side, one in which they have to take care of their own needs. This isn’t any different from humans; we all have a depth that we may not show. I do find animals beautiful, but with a tinge of rabidness, which isn’t a bad thing. They need this to survive, and so do we.”