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Artist Support Pledge

With almost all of the exhibitions, open studios and other selling events cancelled this year i’ve decided to take part in the artist support pledge online tag (#artistsupportpledge). It started over on Instagram and I think it’s lovely concept to help support fellow artists during and after lockdown. If you […]

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Jerusalem Commission - Original Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

No. 29 – Jerusalem

A lovely scene to share with you this week, featuring a completely new subject for me and a very different style of cityscape. This painting ‘Jerusalem’ was actually commissioned as a gift, but the illustration also sits beautifully with my World Series.It needed to show the Church of the Holy […]

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The Crown and Two Chairmen - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

# Pub Paintings – The Crown & Two Chairmen

I’ve had a tradition of creating smaller canvases alongside my bigger feature work. I like the way these mini pieces can focus in on one building and provide some detailed little narratives. These stories are usually inspired by actual experiences or from places shared by other people… despite their reported […]

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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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King Alfred in Autumn, Winchester - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Painting King Alfred

This Summer marks 10 years since I moved to Hampshire to start on a Masters degree at WSA. The area has been very kind to us and we’ve loved our time here, making our family home and finally setting up my illustration studio in Winchester. There are already so many […]

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