Private Commissions

If you’re looking for an original piece of artwork, perhaps I can create a bespoke canvas or framed illustration for you? There are many reasons to commission work, some use it as an opportunity to celebrate a favourite location, illustrate a personal story or mark a special moment in their life… and they are often given as gifts for special occasions.

Below you will find recent examples of commissioned artwork for private individuals.

You can also read my rough guide to the commissioning process here.

Lainston House - Illustration by Jonathan

Lainston House Commission

A small canvas to share with you, a local Lainston House commission. Lainston is a luxury country house hotel near Sparsholt in Winchester. It’s a beautiful wedding venue and this acrylic and ink painting on 20 x 20 cm chunky canvas was created for a wedding anniversary gift.The facade of […]

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View Over Zurich - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

View Over Zurich Commission

Another birds eye city view to share today! it’s another impression of Zurich, Switzerland with imagined rooftop views looking out into the cool lake. ‘View Over Zurich’ is a 70 x 50 cm feature canvas within a 74 x 54 cm floater frame.A previous attempt at this skyline, ‘Zurich Rooftops’, […]

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Monday Inspiration Bluebell Woods - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Mountainside Commission

I have a nice peaceful mountainside commission to share with you. I liked the reasonably straightforward composition on this one… it has a lovely stillness to it with a big open blue sky.There’s plenty of interesting colour tones surrounding the building though with silvers and browns at the front of […]

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Dr & Dr (Down by the River)

This is the first in what I hope will be a new series of ‘throwback Thursday’ posts, catching up on previous projects and key artworks that perhaps I didn’t have time to share previously. This painting was created for a private commission, to be given a special wedding gift. The […]

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Highcliffe Castle - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Highcliffe Castle

I had a funny, but lovely, commission request recently for a traditional architecture & landscape scene to be given as a wedding gift. The subject was Highcliffe Castle in Dorset, the venue for a family wedding this August. Well this happens to be a place that I know extremely well, […]

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