Atmospheric Cornwall landscapes and still life oil paintings in a contemporary fragmented style.

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Jon Doran’s original oil paintings are a combination of classical themes, in a fresh contemporary painting style. Quiet misty scenes of Cornwall, from calm rivers to impending north coast cliffs, create a sense of the sublime and are described with a unique signature process of oil painting that blends a range of textures and effects. The surface of the paintings is a variety of abstract marks that on a close inspection are a dance of rough shapes and scrapes layered onto and blending into each other, but at a distance work together to create a sense of being at the location.

His still life paintings explore both flower and inanimate objects in the same quiet meditative quality, but are more intimate in their nature. The subtle variations in colour and tone are a commentary on the nature of perception and the choice of subjects, be it cups, fruit or flowers aim to find the profound in the ordinary.

The overall feeling to his work is one of a calm, meditative and contemplative quietness, with a special attention focused on the poetics of light.

Gallery Representation

Shows

Upcoming

2024 November, Solo Show at Beside the Wave Gallery, Cornwall, UK

Past:

2023 Novemer, Solo show ‘Into the Deep’ at Abend Gallery, Dever Colorado, USA - View here

27th May - 4th June. Open Studios Cornwall, Grays Wharf, Commercial Road, Penryn TR108AE

2022 November 15th - 25th 2022, ‘Solo Show’ at Fine Art Commissions, St James, London - View here

2021 : Permanent Gallery Exhibition at Cor Art Gallery, Falmouth Cornwall.

2020: June 2020 ‘Online, Fundraiser Auction’ Newlyn School of Art

2020: May 1st, 2020. ‘Spring Online Exhibition’ Fine Art Commissions London

2019 - December Solo Show ‘Variations’ Abend Gallery, Denver Colorado, USA.

2019 - May 21st, Group Show. Nadia Waterfield Gallery Opening. Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Hampshire, UK.

2019 - May 16 - Jun 1, 2019, Group Show. ‘Observations’, Highgate Contemporary, London UK.

2019 - Jon Doran 11 May - 13 July Solo Show - Hybrid Gallery, Devon.

2019 - February 22nd ‘Fragmentations’ Solo show - Lilford Gallery, Kent.

2018 - October ‘Arrangements’ Solo Show - Abend Gallery, Denver Co. USA

2018 - July Works on display at Sol Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.

2018 – May. Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong – Rebecca Hossack gallery, London

2018 – April. Spring Group Show – Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2018 – February & October – Teaching still life painting at Newlyn School Of Art

2018 – March. Affordable Art Fair, London – Rebecca Hossack gallery, London

2017 – December. Works on display – Rebecca Hossack gallery, London

2017 – November. Affordable Art Fair, Singapore. Rebecca Hossack Gallery

2017 – October. Works on display Sol Art, Dublin

2017 – September. Manchester Buy Art Fair – Sol Art Gallery, Dublin

2017 – August. Works on display. Lilford Gallery, Canterbury Kent.

2017 - 21st April - 7th May. Solo Show, Beside The Wave Gallery, Primrose Hill, London

2017 - May - Flowering , Hybrid Gallery Devon

2016 - Autumn. 15th October - 5th November - Solo show at Lilford Gallery, Canterbury, Kent

2016 - Affordable Art Fair, Hamstead

2016 - 4th March - 24th March - Solo Show. Recent Paintings by Jon Doran - Beside The Wave Gallery, Primrose Hill, London.

2015 - 31st Oct - 18th November - Solo Show. Paint and Perception. Recent Paintings by Jon Doran - Beside The Wave Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall.

2015 - 9th July - Lost and Found - James Freeman Gallery, Islington, London

2015 January - Spring Show - Beside The Wave Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall

2014 November 27th - 20th December - Garden Show - James Freeman Gallery, Islington, London

2014 October - MIDAS selection, Newlyn Contemporary Art Gallery.

2014 - July 21st - 28th - Limelight Submission - Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall

2014 - June 13th - 20th - Falmouth Degree Show, Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth Campus, Falmouth, Cornwall

2014 - January - Group show, Beside The Wave Gallery, Falmouth.

2013 21st August – 21st September In The Quiet Moments, Solo Exhibition, Espressini Artisan Coffee Falmouth

2013 The Cork Street Open Exhibition August 2013, 27 Cork Street Mayfair, London

2013 The IFES International Group Art Exhibition, Aix en Provence, France

2013 Secret Art for Water, Beside The Wave Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall

2013 The Cork Street Open Exhibition, January 2013 27 Cork Street, Mayfair, London

2012 The Big Question Group Exhibition, Falmouth University,

2012 Cork Street Prize Winners Exhibition 2012, 27 Cork Street, Mayfair, London

2011 Jon Doran Solo Exhibition, 7th – 21st February 2011, Peche Art, Sandgate, Kent

2010 The 2010 Cork Street Open Exhibition, August 5th to 13thMay Fair, London

2010 End of year Show, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone, Kent.

2010 Jon Doran and Tom Herman Two Man Show – Tunbridge Wells, Kent

2010 URBAN Three Man Show, Googies Art Cafe, Folkestone, Kent.

2009 The Decked Project, Stolen space Gallery, Brick lane, London.

EDUCATION

2018 Painting Workshop, Florence Academy of Art

2011 – 2014  (BA) Hon Fine Art, University College Falmouth

2009 - 2010 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design University for the Creative Arts

AWARDS

Shortlisted for the MIDAS Award, Falmouth University, 2014

Young Artist Award, Cork Street Open Exhibition 2013

Honourable Mention and Catalogue cover image, Cork Street Open Exhibition 2010.

OTHER

Oil Painting Tutor at Newlyn School of Art, 2018 - Present

Artist Business Mentor with Cultivator Cornwall, 2020 - Present