Post Tagged with: "Commission"

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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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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Primrose Hilll in Autumn - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Primrose Hill in Autumn

A fresh commission to share today ‘Primrose Hill in Autumn’, a new artwork but a familiar viewpoint from the beautiful lookout on Primrose Hill. The scene is filled with exaggerated autumnal shades, creating a patchwork of colours below the ever changing London skyline. The vista stretches from the corner of […]

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Bamburgh Commission Feature - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Bamburgh Commission

Is there anything nicer than the contrast between a deep red and a lush green landscape in a scene? Perhaps it’s my British conditioning, but the traditional scarlet of a telephone kiosk or post box* always makes me happy. I finished this Bamburgh scene recently on commission and it has […]

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Sunset Over Zug Commission - Illustration by Jonathan

Sunset Over Zug Commission

I’m very pleased to finally share this commission with you today. ‘Sunset Over Zug’ has been pretty epic presence in my lockdown experience. We worked on the sketch and the composition for the painting back in February, but then everything shutdown in March and I found myself rather short on […]

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