Jonathan Hollowell
I am a landscape painter working
in North Devon. From 1977-1981 I
attended St. Martin’s School of Art and later I undertook my Teacher Training,
in Art, at Goldsmith’s College, London University.
For the last seventeen years I’ve
taught Painting and Drawing in Adult Education and since 2012, I’ve been
teaching a private Art Class every Saturday morning.
Over the last few years, I’ve
been working, almost exclusively, with painting knives as they give me the
luscious surface texture and colour resonance that, hopefully, conveys my
intent.
Although there is a degree of
topography in my work, a sense of place is a vital element in my painting
inasmuch as it acts as concrete form upon which to hang the emotive content of
the work. Through the use of “chiaroscuro”, particular colour relationships and
the richness of the paint itself, I am hoping to recapture and to convey an
emotive response to the beauty perceived through my interaction with the
landscape around me, especially woodland and water.
When I’m not specifically out in
the countryside painting or drawing, my interaction with the landscape is
through my love of hiking, fishing and camping.
-
Glen Coe, Scotland -
Homage to Jakob -
On Dartmoor -
The Lake at Rosemoor Gardens -
The Old Barn -
The Pool Of Light (Oil) -
The Pool Of Light (Watercolour) -
The River Bray -
The River Bray (Oil) -
The River Bray, Summer -
The River Caen, little Comfort Farm -
The River Dart -
The River Dart, Near Dartmeet -
The River Erme, Devon -
The River Exe -
The River Torridge -
The River Yare -
Wiltshire Water Meadows