Gustave Doré Gustave Doré resonates with me because of his ability to merge technical mastery with emotional gravity. His work isn’t just illustrative—it’s immersive. Doré understood how light, shadow, and scale could be used to evoke awe, dread, wonder, and reverence all at once. His compositions feel vast and atmospheric, often placing the viewer inside […]
Abdere Atramentum #3 Abdere Atramentum is a hand-painted abstract Ink on Film collection rooted in the space where intention gives way to discovery. Rather than beginning with a fixed image or outcome, each piece in the series emerges through rapid chemical reactions between ink, alcohol, and transparent film. The drying process is almost immediate and […]
Artist Statement Hi, I’m Jon Wallace. I grew up in Detroit and now live out in the country in Indiana. This Ink-on-Film medium is still relatively new for me—about six years in—and it actually started by accident while I was preparing for an art show. I realized I didn’t have enough paintings to fill the […]
The Artistic Process The tension between control and chaos is what drives it for me. This medium dries so fast that every stroke and shape happens almost instantly. It forces me to be direct—to really think about placement, form, and contrast before I place the mark. When I’m painting, it feels like a rush with […]
Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well and had an awesome Thanksgiving. This year has been artistically challenging, but not without its rewards. A few months back, my hard drive died and took over four years of work with it—digital paintings, game builds, mechanics, ideas, alphas, betas… all gone. And now, after three years of […]
In the evolving world of contemporary creativity, few mediums challenge perception and reinterpret tradition the way ink on film does. As artists continually push beyond boundaries, exploring new ways to express identity, motion, and emotion, the conversation around materials becomes inseparable from the conversation around meaning. Abstract art has always thrived on this tension—between what […]
