Jon Wretlind
Do You Really Want to Live Forever?
What does it mean to be a frail, mortal human, and one day die? We often think we want to be immortal, but not in such a vulnerable condition, like a flower that fades. Searching for meaning we are sometimes driven to leave our legacy on future generations in hope of cheating death. Death is the final frontier of our human experience on Earth. However, for the Christian, it is also the doorway into eternal life which never decays or fades.
$2825 | Acrylic & Oil Mixed Media On Canvas | 40 x 30
About the Artist
Jon Wretlind is a graphic artist and design educator, whose mixed-media visual art is inspired by the geometries found in both natural and urban forms. With a formal education in design from the Art Center College of Design where he earned a B.F.A. in graphic design, and a background in Christian theology and psychology from Denver Seminary where he earned a M.Div. in chaplaincy and counseling, Jon’s work explores deeply spiritual and psychological themes in human vernacular expressions of the urban street cityscape as well as in the profound fragility in flowers at both their peak and in their graceful decay. Jon has worked in marketing and advertising for the majority of his career and has also spent 11 years working in hospice and hospital chaplaincy, ministering peace to people of all faiths confronted with the traumas of suffering and death. Today, Jon works full-time as Creative Director for a small digital marketing agency in Fort Collins, Colorado, and is also pursuing a second Master’s degree in fine art at the Vermont College of Fine Art while teaching design and website development online part-time.
WEBSITE jonwretlind.com
WEBSITE jonwretlind.com
