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| NEW WORK SUMMER 2008 |
| The image of the bird has monopolized my recent paintings in an almost obsessive way. Its meaning is two-fold; it is based in memory and in metaphor. |
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| PAINTINGS 2005-07 |
| Many of these works in this series have collaged images, notes and letters associated with the person. They are symbolic portraits with a personal narrative of family and close friends. |
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| 2007 EXHIBITION |
| Jonathan Ricci: Symbolic Portraits and Personal Narratives Exhibition
July 1 - August 30, 2007 |
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Although my artwork has roots in traditional painterly abstraction, I have always considered myself a figurative artist. In my most recent paintings and mixed media works, the body reappears, it takes its form from the simplicity of childhood images.
