Just in case you haven’t had enough of winter yet, here comes the new art poster from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission that you can mount on a wall. The image on the poster, “Frozen-up, Sugar River,” is taken from a dramatic natural landscape oil-on-board painting by Belleville artist Jonathan Wilde.
…Wilde — yes, he is the son of the famous Wisconsin surrealist John Wilde — has been painting full time since May 1970, when he finished four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a zoology major. His subject matter has consistently been the birds and landscapes of southern Wisconsin, where his roots and passion lie. Wilde’s style is representational.