Piece description from the artist
I was flying into Dallas when my mom shouted to look out the window. Had no idea at the time what it was – but quickly snapped this picture. Later I learned the phenomenon is caused by light reflected once inside water droplets, entering and escaping the droplet via tiny surface waves. The pattern is called a "glory" and it is centered on the position where I was seated in the plane.
As a scientist and mathematician, Jonathan has a unique way of looking at the world. He finds inspiration for his art by looking at the beauty of everyday objects from an atypical perspective. The colorful “Birefringent Plastics” series began when he observed a single glint of light bouncing off a pair of sunglasses, before he crafted and recorded it as art.
Jonathan’s art and designs have been featured internationally in a diverse range of publications and museums, including the Design Museum in Gent, Belgium, “The Art and Science of Spirals” and the journal of the Hungarian Physics Society. Jonathan recently collaborated on a dynamic digital art piece installed at 55 Hudson Yards.
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