Jon Whiddon is a self taught artist. He began painting in the summer of 1999, while taking the summer off and living in Athens Georgia. He started to paint in earnest later that fall after moving to South Georgia to care for his father. His first works concerned the tragic events of Waco and depicted the horrors of that awful event. Jon soon began to experiment with paintings of the South Georgia landscape which surrounded him on his family's farm. Taking in the big sky and lost horizons of pastures and roads were a good antidote to the intensity of the Waco series. His paintings soon became enchanting expressions of vibrant lines and intense light. Many collectors were thrilled by his use of intense colors and decisive, painterly brushwork. Jon moved his father to the North Georgia mountains in the spring of 2000. With the geographic change came works of new depth and intensity: clouds became an important component in his paintings. "They seem so much closer ow", said Jon. His fathers large organic garden is a favorite subject. His most recent experiments have been with portraits and figures in his landscapes. The variety of emotion and fearless use of color define these newest works.