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.

Rigi Blues Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Singin’ the Rigi Blues

I have a straightforward landscape to share with you today, an unabashed colour study of Mt Rigi in Switzerland. It’s a subject you’ll have spotted plenty of times in my recent work! But as with Turner’s famous depictions of the ‘Queen of the Mountains‘ I find different things to work […]

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Mountain Diptych Commission by Artist Jonathan Chapman

A New Mountain Diptych

The first completed commission of the year saw a return to one of my most requested subjects… Swiss mountains! these canvases were conceived as a new mountain diptych, featuring Mt Rigi and Mt Pilatus. The canvases are both 61 x 61cm and seem to work well as colourful windows to […]

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Fistral Beach painted by Jonathan Chapman

Fistral Beach Commission

I was delighted to work on this very expressive painting commission from a rocky section of Fistral Beach. Working from a particular reference photo I picked out certain colours and tones that I felt were playful, but true to the atmospheric vistas so often seen with the special light in Cornwall. […]

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