JONATHAN WALKER | Hedge Clipper
Watercolour on Paper
Signed lower right
19 x 25 cms / 7½ x 9¾ inches
Hedge Clipper bursts with energy as dynamic horse and rider take flight over a hedge. Jonathan Walkers fluid watercolour washes capture speed and movement, while lively ink accents define the athletic form of the horse and the rider’s vivid red coat. Walker’s instinctive mark-making and sense of narrative bring immediacy, humour and countryside spirit to this dynamic sporting scene.
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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