Jon draws his friends and his favorite foods, whimsically transformed. A friend might be portrayed as an octopus, and a glass of milk might be labeled “Pizza Milk.” The technique of detournement, or making art by augmenting existing printed material, has proven especially fertile ground for Jon. His addition of witty labels and seemingly off-hand drawings to a photograph of mundane food items makes for a delightful, surreal statement.
Additional Artworks
From Cedars Art
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Megan Olsen
Millbrae Library in 1984, 2025
Colored pencil on paper
14 x 11 in
$85
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Anna DellaValle
89. Fani Tee, 2024
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 in
$85
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Darwin Lawson
Banana in the Middle, 2024
Colored penci on paper
16 x 12 in
$100
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Glenna Cooper
Armistead Piper, 2022
Watercolor on paper
11 x 14 in
$75
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Megan Olsen
Peace & Harmony #4, 2022
Colored pencil on paper
20 x 16 in
$85
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Louis Kahn
Green Tara, 2021
Ink on paper
20 x 16 in
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Tony Hyde
Rocky Cave, 2020
Watercolor on paper
20 x 12 in
$100
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Louis Kahn
Before Pandemic, 2020
Ink on paper
12 x 18 in
About the artist
Jonathan Sugihto