Ron Mondz's Bio

Encouraged in art at a very early age, Ron developed his skills while attending Art Center, College of Design in Pasadena California. Mentored by European painters, Ron learned to express his soul onto the canvas. After developing an interest in impressionism, he finally traveled to the museums of Europe where he learned to create magical images about the real and abstract beauty of the world - both past and present.

With an antlike patience, Mondz' paintings reveal thousands of individual dots of paint. The brushstrokes are not juxtaposed, but rather arranged in small layers and linked like threads of fabric. He uses slow, precise brushstrokes to gradually create the delicacy of the feminine outline.

In his paintings, water sparkles on a swan's lake and light shines on the earth-toned texture of a summer's breakfast table. Whether it's the spectacle of a ballet, or the stillness and strength of a lighthouse, the enchantment of the ordinary radiates out from the subject. In "Lighthouse", the awesome structure sits perched on a flowery cliff top. The long angle of the painting displays the wide range of deep colors in the ocean serving as a counterpoint to the blossoming hilltop and the never-ending sky. 

Color is critical. He uses a bold palette of deep reds, violets, golden browns and grassy greens to layer in the forms. He attempts to break the images down into simple fragments of light, shadow and color. Ron splits a ray of light, catches its vibrancy in the air and uses the fragments to envelop the painting with color. 

Rather than depicting the world in realistic terms, Mondz seeks to draw out the emotion inside. His paintings appeal to average people as well as the hardcore art lover. Central themes that everyone can relate to - love, passion, nature, family and children, all have strong foundations within his work. "I've dreamt that some day I would have a daughter", says Ron. "Perhaps I've already painted her in "Cherub With Roses".   

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature onto the canvas."  -- Ron Mondz