Jonathan Chapman

@illustrationbyjonathan.com

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Freelance artist & Illustrator. I create colourful figurative artwork from real life places. https://linktr.ee/illustrationbyjonathan

Artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman working closely against the canvas surface. Work in progress photo for a private painted commission that features a traditional pub back bar.
Sketching the architecture in the quad at The Bodleian Library, Oxford.
In a surprisingly cool Cupola at the top of the Sheldonian theatre, Oxford
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice, sun shining on the creamy stone facade.
My son in the studio with me earlier, adding double sided tape to nameplates for the back of gift frames.
6 big cardboard boxes lined up on the driveway ready for a courier to collect.
Background boards for 4 box frames, featuring matching illustrations of red tartan fabric and union jacks. Work in progress.
Box frame diorama, print created from original acrylic and ink illustration. A blue and white polka dot fabric surrounding the architectural facade for the Palladium in London.
Phoenixfest 2026 at the Sheldonian Theatre Oxford. Drawing comics with Jamie Smart!
Two drawings of sporting scenes, ready for painting.
Fushimi Inari Taisha, original acrylic and ink painting on cut paper by artist Jonathan Chapman.
‘Illustration by Jonathan’ merch table at St Swithun’s Christmas Fair 2025
Flyer for Winter Open Studios at 4 Couch Green, Martyr Worthy. Artwork featuring a snowy Notre Dame Cathedral painted by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman.
Amount Us characters in line up, created from fondant
Notre Dame Cathedral in the snow. Illustrated travel calendar artwork page for December.
Ampersand cocktail. Autumn coloured gin and brandy martini.
Monument recreated with acrylic and ink against a pastel sky.
Crusted paint palette (ceramic plate) full of dried acrylic paint.
Grand Stairs at Petworth House, painted by Louis Laguerre with the story of Pandora and Prometheus.
My illustration of P&G Wells, independent booksellers and stationers in Winchester.
Playing will angles; Mushroom spotting in Micheldever Woods, Hampshire. A toadstool viewed from the ground. Surrounded by green canopy.
Crimson capped mushroom surrounded by a carpet of brown autumn leaves.
Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chaltén village and Viedma Lake. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone.
Glowing string lights leading up a brick path through a mossy lawn towards my studio at the top of the garden.
Mountains in progress, original acrylic and ink painting featuring a glowing mountain scene with hints of pink and purple.
Blue acrylic and ink painting on canvas created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman. Inspired by Icelandic architecture.
Prayer flags flying over a temple in Kathmandu, original acrylic and ink painting on canvas created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman
Clock tower at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. Travel illustration created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman with acrylic and ink.
Crusted paint palette
Artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman pretending to work in his garden studio. Dab dab, scritch-scratch… etc etc
View to the ground through small patches of cloud, taken from a plane flying over Hampshire, UK
Florence Rooftops (2025) acrylic and ink painting of the Firenze cityscape created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman.
Terracotta rooftops, work in progress painting with acrylic and ink…
Jane Austen's Hampshire Map, illustrated map of Hampshire featuring some of the key real life locations for the Austen family. Including Winchester, Chawton, Southampton and Steventon.
Art prints cut by hand and raised from the backing paper in layers...
Street corner, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Cut paper diorama presented in a black box frame.
Artist with a box. Totally normal.
Mural project at Itchen Abbas Primary School, established 1875 and celebrating 150 years
Chalk pavement drawing outside of the City Museum in Winchester.
Original acrylic and ink painting on paper. Cut and raised from the backing paper to created a painted diorama. Scene capturing the Italian restaurant, Piccolo Buco in Rome.
My rather expressive take on the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Subtle stone colouring across the architecture and lots of squiggly little graphic lines. An acrylic and ink painting on canvas by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman.
Painting of the Upper High Street in Winchester, early morning glow.
Line composition of Upper High Street Winchester, ready for painting on the canvas, scene created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman.
Acrylic and ink painting of the Great Hall in Winchester. One of the finest, surviving medieval aisled halls of the 13th century. It hosts a replica of the round table with romantic links to Arthurian legend.
Apple blossom in bloom over my illustration studio in Hampshire, UK
Sketching the view through an open window. Olive groves and a blue domed church tower, surrounded by puffy clouds.
Traditional paint palette (a dinner plate in a previous life) full of acrylic paint. I’m fond of expressive and impressionistic brushwork… contrasted with inked outlines.
Avenue of Lime trees with a carpet of flowering blue Chionodoxa, painted by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman using acrylic and ink on canvas.
Pink cherry blossom against a blue sky
Sun dapple shade from a tree across a lush looking English lawn. The orange brick of Jane Austen's House can be seen at the bottom of the garden. Dabs of paint give the impression of Spring flowers and the first sap green leaves on the great tree.
Sketch composition on canvas ready for painting. Hampshire garden scene with a gnarly old tree casting shadows across the lawn.
Original acrylic and ink painting on canvas, Winchester College, created by artist and illustrator Jonathan Chapman. A closeup view of the entrance quad and the surrounding architecture.
Closeup of a ruffled Blue Tit, sat on a striped towel.
Closeup of a recent canvas on the desk, hands of the artist laying down early paint layers. Paints, brushes and green plants in the background.
Black and white photo of three canvases on the drawing board. Artist’s hand is holding a pencil over a sketch of Chawton and the garden at Jane Austen’s House. Other drawings feature the Great Hall in Winchester (with its Arthurian round table) and a rooftop view over Winchester College to St Catherine’s Hill.