Jon Doran
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Jon Doran
Online portfolio of contemporary painter Jon Doran
 
 

 

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Original oil paintings that pursue the poetics of light on the textures of Cornwall

 

 

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View fullsize I’m excited to be teaching my first landscape course of the year today with @newlynartschool. Can’t wait to get out into the wild and make some paintings! - - - #landscapepainting #cornwall #jondoran #contemporarypainting #intothewild
View fullsize I love the wildness of the north coast of Cornwall. The light, textures and sea are all so dramatic. The sheer scale of everything makes you feel small - it’s humbling! - So nice to see this piece hanging in it’s collectors home. ‘
View fullsize Yesterday I was working on this large piece of Kynance Cove - a stunning location here in Cornwall. Colour relationships continue to occupy my mind while painting, focusing on the variations in tone, hue and saturation. The relative lightness, darkne
View fullsize Recently, while painting, I keep thinking about how multiple small dashes of colour work together to create an overall tone. Much like how individual notes on a piano, played in quick succession create an overall chord - The technical word for this i
View fullsize Currently on the easel. - - - #wetpainting #workinprogress #cornwall #kynancecove
View fullsize STRONG WINDS AT PORTHTOWAN STUDY Oil on panel 2024 29 x 21.7 cm - - - #pleinair #adventureofpainting #cornwalladventure #jondoran #thewildwest #porthtowan #cornwall #originalartwork