JONATHAN WALKER | After the Fall
Watercolour
76.5 x 34 cms / 30 x 13½ inches
Signed 'Jonathan Walker' (lower left)
After the Fall by Jonathan Walker is a whimsical and sharply observed watercolour blending elegance with mischief. A hare, dressed in refined sporting attire, stands poised in a snowy landscape, his long coat and patterned stockings adding a humorous aristocratic flair. Walker’s light, fluid brushwork and cool palette create a crisp winter atmosphere, while the character’s confident stance hints at resilience and comic dignity. The piece epitomises Walker’s charm, combining anthropomorphic storytelling with beautifully crafted rural fantasy.
Jonathan Walker grew up in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands. He spent much of his childhood exploring the countryside in the company of his father and it is this closeness to nature that has inspired his artistic career.
The badgers, foxes and voles that Walker witnesses in nature near his home in Dartmoor have inspired his masterful watercolours. Walker’s rare ability to give to each of the animals he depicts their unique characteristics and personas, while dressing them up in old cast off human garments never robs them of their intrinsic “animalness”.
Although rooted in the heritage of English illustration it is Jonathan’s unerring draughtsmanship and his humour that nevertheless makes his work unmistakably contemporary. His pallet is true to the siennas and ochres of the real landscape, but his characters, however, are of the mould and grime of the soil, unsentimental and honest.
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