- Jonathan Wolstenholme
Jonathan Wolstenholme (born 1950) is a British
artist andillustrator .He attended
Purley Grammar School before graduating fromCroydon Art College (1969-1972).Wolstenholme has been a successful freelance illustrator for many years, working for a number of major advertising agencies, publishers and a vast range of magazines.
He has had three one-man shows in
London and has exhibited at the Singer and Friedlander Exhibition several times, and also at the Discerning Eye Competition at theMall Galleries , winning a prize in 2002. In 1997 an exhibition of Jonathan’s work was shown inNew York at the ‘Works on Paper’ fair. In 2003 he will be having a joint show with fellow artistGeorge Underwood , and will be taking part in an exhibition of Idiosyncratic Portal Artists inTanglewood , nearBoston .Wolstenholme is particularly known for his amazingly detailed works deriving from a love of old books and of the paraphanalia associated with a bygone age whose hallmarks were finely skilled labour and exquisite craftsmanship in the production of all manner of objects.
He is married with two children and lives in London.
External links
* [http://www.jonathanwolstenholme.com/ Personal website]
* [http://www.portal-gallery.com/store/main_unlinked.aspx?link=true&sid=60 Portal Gallery]
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