Oxford Rooftops

I have always felt engaged by a good city study. And I had long ago made it the focus of my painting; enjoying my travel experiences and bringing home photos and sketches to work from back at the studio. But it wasn’t until I was invited to work on a […]

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Harris Street, Sydney

I’m not sure I ever expected my work to travel around the world, but somehow it does! This one travelled a particularly long way, to find its home in the City that inspired it. This colour study of a home in Harris Street, Sydney, was a commissioned artwork. It was […]

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St Anthony Head

Another landscape to share, this time a bright Cornish scene from the Southern Coastline. This 30 x 30cm canvas was created as a gift for Abi and Tom, Abi providing a reference photo taken on their visit to Falmouth. Here viewed across the Fal Estuary, St Anthony Head is the National Trust estate […]

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Done for 2024, Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and all the best for the year ahead, from artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman.

Done for 2024

Well that’s me done for 2024! The studio is now closed and my online shops are set to ‘vacation mode’. The final parcels have gone to the sorting office and the last couple of collections have been picked up from the box. The December run-in was a hard slog with […]

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Pickering Castle, acrylic and ink painting on 30x30cm canvas created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman

Pickering Castle

There has been so much ‘making’ this December (pressing ceramics and printing personalised cards) it’s a relief to be able to share some actual painting. Here is a new canvas inspired by Pickering Castle. A fairly straight-forward scene looking along a path that leads to the gatehouse entrance. It was […]

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