I'd like to tell you how I'm driven by a
passionate love for art itself, and feel a need to express myself to the
world, but the truth is, it's simply what I do, and can't stop doing.
Since before I started school, I was always
painting or drawing something. Although I wouldn't describe myself as
either especially artistic or imaginative, maybe I've learned how to put
my thoughts into a picture.
As for what I paint pictures of, I've just this
moment realized that I must be making some kind of weird family album,
using personal memories for subject matter, either sunny days in the
grass on a hillside, or homeless nights in rainy London, then sometimes
it could be an image of a window in the place I live now, with possibly
one of the animals who have found a home with me.
In a nutshell, I suppose I could say that when I
paint a picture, my technique will be straight forward and honest, my
style will be my own, and the subject will be from the heart.
About Jonathan
Born in
London in 1963, Jonathan was raised predominantly in Canvey Island, Essex, as
well as travelling the world with his father, for his work.
Jonathan
started painting and drawing from an early age, and missed the end of his
schooling so that he could pursue a career as an artist. During his early 20’s,
however, he worked as a builder until he could rely on the income from his art
and could devote more time to his real work.
His paintings
concentrate on atmosphere and emotion. The people that are, rarely, depicted are
separate from the picturesque scene around them. He creates works that are
introspective oases; quiet studies of life from both the city scene and his
home. His London works, in particular, offer a contradiction from the busy,
bustling urban life and show an emptier, stiller, yet more personal perspective
of the chaos around them. Jonathan catches those silent glimpses of time and
holds them fixed in the canvas. The viewer is then able to connect more
personally to the work, adding another dimension to the artist’s vision.
His home now is in Deal, Kent, where he takes constant inspiration from his life and those around him.