Jonathan Gilkes
Secret Thoughts
Limited Edition Giclee of 195 Copies - handsigned and numbered by Jonathan Gilkes
Image size: 320mm x 445mm
Image comes in print only format
Jonathan Gilkes, an Artist whose supreme skill and versatility recognise no boundaries, has long been acknowledged as one of the nation's finest painters of the female form. Now, with the publication of his first wildlife studies, Jonathan Gilkes is destined to achieve the same status in this genre, not only because of the hyper-real nature of his images, but because his techniques with light and texture, his sheer skill and artistry, breathe living movement into his subjects. Born in 1963, Jonathan Gilkes studied at Camberwell School of Art where he specialised in Life Drawing and the study of Art History, in particular the Dutch Masters of whom De Heem and Vermeer have most influenced his work. A traditionalist who totally rejects modern paintings aids and shortcuts, Jonathan Gilkes invests inestimable hours of painstaking work into every image he creates, working scientifically with the inherent properties of his medium, building layer upon layer of paint and glaze until he achieves the smoothest of surface finishes and perfect realism in tone and texture.
