Exhibitions
Mitchell Lonas Art Exhibitions
Fluid yet impeccably precise, his gestures create arcing lines that shimmer and gleam like gemstones or fiber-optic lights as the viewer moves around the room. The imagery references the simplicity, gentility, and elemental kindness of Southern culture, ingrained in Lonas since his childhood in the Smoky Mountain foothills of eastern Tennessee.
2012 Exhibitions
CALLAN CONTEMPORARYIn a serenely poetic follow-up to his 2010 debut with the gallery. Mitchell Lonas presents Undercurrents, a suite of visually stunning works on incised aluminum panel. The pieces incorporate three interrelated motifs—root systems, bird nests, and floating feathers—which Lonas, using customized tools, incises into painted aluminum surfaces.
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2011 Exhibitions
Blue Spiral 1Counterparts Mitchell Lonas returns to Blue Spiral 1 gallery, Asheville NC for the “Counterparts” art show. Featuring Lonas newest creation – bird feathers. He uses the brushed metal technique so popular with the nests and his large feather pieces are just as magnificent. Opening Reception - Thurs Oct 6 11
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2010 Exhibitions
Gallery BienvenuThe Wrench Series Several years ago in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, artist Mitchell Lonas laid eyes on something of such uncanny beauty, he has never forgotten it: a trio of swallows’ nests, which the birds had fashioned solely from horse-tail hairs. The nests, each a different color, were so improbable in their architectural intricacy and gossamer sheen, they filled Lonas with the inspiration to transmute common natural phenomena such as nests, feathers, and trees into the stuff of aesthetic rapture. These motifs are central to The Wrench Series, the artist’s debut exhibition at Gallery Bienvenu.
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Blue Spiral 1Metal Nests Mitchell Lonas’s large inscribed paintings of birds nests are elegant. Those on flat dark backgrounds sing. The line is fluid and certain. They evoke feelings of safety and home. Making the work with unconventional materials has presented challenges. The tools Lonas uses to carve and scratch the images into the aluminum he makes himself. ”It is the only way to get the light reflections I want,” he said.
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