Jonathan Smith

I am a self-taught oil painter, specialising in landscapes, especially those of northern England.

Using colour and tone, I try, through the medium of paint, to convey my emotions as I view a landscape that I find beautiful, or dramatic, or imposing. I am never trying to portray a certain object in all its clarity but rather I want to capture the objects as they sit in the landscape by conveying the envelope of light in which they sit. By doing this I can fulfil my aim of allowing the viewer to experience the feelings that inspired me when I was stood in front of the scene.

I use professional quality artists paint as these have the highest pigment load and can provide truer colours. My work is developed in my studio in Otley, using a limited palette, where I use photographs and sketches made at the time to help me capture the form of the landscape. However, once the form and structure is established, I tend to turn away from source material and use the technique of ‘memory painting’ as espoused by painters such as John Carlson. When I am sketching of photographing the scene I intend to paint, I memorise the scene and my feelings – this allows me to remove unnecessary detail and aim for the over-arching motif that attracted me to the scene in the first place,

Some images about me

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"Using tone and colour I aim to convey my response to the natural world"

My website http://www.jwdsmithart.co.uk

Telephone 07796844537

Connection to Yorkshire

I live in Otley

Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith

Some images about me

Jonathan Smith's art

A Quiet Evening

Frosty Morning

Covey Hall Farm

The Gathering Storm - Wharfedale

Farnley Park - Early Autumn

Timble Ings - Sunrise

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A Quiet Evening

Frosty Morning

Covey Hall Farm

The Gathering Storm - Wharfedale

Farnley Park - Early Autumn

Timble Ings - Sunrise

Dunstanburgh Castle

Summer Storm, Staveley

The Sandbeds, Otley

Saltburn - Huntcliffe From Marske

Saltburn - Towards Huntcliffe

Wharfedale - A Showery Day

Denton Moor

Misty Morning at Otley Weir

Winter Landscape, Staveley

Runswick bay

The Dying Ash

A Yorkshire Summer

The Clearing

Spring Light

Misty Morning at Knotford

Sunrise - Winter

Lady Dikes from Denton Moor

Evening Light at Marske

Poplar in Winter

Long Dike, Timble

Malham Cove - Spring

Harvest - East Park at Farnley

Last Light on Denton Moor

Farnley - High Summer

Summer Storm - Bamburgh

Early Morning Rain - Timble Forest

Winter Sunrise - Staveley

Harnessing the Storm

Home Farm, Farnley - from the fields

Early Spring morning, Timble

Arthington Viaduct from the Wharfe

Dune Study, Northumberland

Respite - Storm Eunice from Snowden Crags

The Strid, Autumn

Old Barn, Arthington

Red gate, Timble

Farnley Fields, Otley

The Shooting Lodge

The Iron Bridge

Northumbrian Dunes

The Cairn, Denton Moor

East Lagoon, Staveley

Dob Park Bridge

Mist on Denton Moor I

Mist Clearing - Denton Moor

Gallows Hill - Otley

Woodland Track - Timble Forest

Whitby Harbour

Washburn Valley, Winter

Trollers Ghyll

Timble -Early Morning

The Old Cattle Market, Otley - Winter

The Marsh

The Conifer Forest

The Beech - Autumn

Snow in the Washburn Valley

Otley Weir, Autumn

Nature Study 2 - Ferns and Ash

Lippersley Ridge from the North

Gawk Hall Gate from the East

Forest Pool, Timble

East Pier, Whitby

Dunstanburgh Castle in the Mist