“I met Jon White first through one of his paintings when he was just a teenager. His canvass simply changed the weather in the room and I was stunned. I have rarely felt such an impact from a painting. I found a song in me. Watching his subsequent journey has been a joy, and I find in him and his work a depth and passion, a feeling, a revelation that demands a response. There is a deep optimism and compassion about Jon’s recent work that I ponder often. I live under the greatest conviction that there is greatness here.”