Jonathon began drawing obsessively at age 8, and graduated (on the President's Honor Roll) from the Alberta College of Art in 1984. His limited-edition prints and collector's
plates are now represented by many galleries internationally, and his original
paintings are in public and private collections across North America, Europe,
and Asia - including the government collections of China and Taiwan.
Jonathon describes his unique figurative-landscape paintings as "Mythic
Naturalism." These images are an exploration of the Divinity of
Beauty, and the Archetypes of Mythology - arcane, universal motifs and
symbols which reflect not just the structure of human consciousness, but
the cosmos itself. His work is a quest for the ancient, unchanging, and
eternal knowledge found in the poetic revelation of the sacred and sublime.
He believes that Mythology (both spiritual belief, and psychological preparation
for life) must be recognized as the essential, timelessly enduring soul
of our modern, hyper-dynamic, technology-driven world. Hidden deep within
all our myriad spiritual faiths is one grand and immutable biography of
humanity; and therein lies both the origins and destiny of Life and Consciousness
in the cosmos.
