Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson

Hildur Jónsson makes woven paintings with dyed silk thread, each based on the landscape of her native Iceland, where she travels twice yearly for extended periods of time. Her paintings, which span small, framed works to mural-size wall hangings, stem from her observation and recording of natural phenomena in all seasons. Jonsson takes photographs and makes preliminary studies of the Icelandic landscape, one of the most unique natural environments, with geysers, waterfalls, hot springs and active volcanoes. She extracts and abstracts those primal shapes to structure her woven compositions.