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Be part of the world not apart from the world: Warning! there now follows a heavy environmental rant on an artist's blog post. Ironic eco...
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Jonathan Oakes
Aug 6, 20233 min read
Puffin Birds
New artwork has been added to art4oka.com. See below for details: Protecting the Puffin's Egg Original artwork & text by Jonathan Oakes...
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Jonathan Oakes
Jul 3, 20233 min read
Homeward Bound / Bond
I use to live in Sheffield, U.K. I grew up there, went to school there, started my working life there. When I was about 22 years old I...
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Jonathan Oakes
Apr 16, 20236 min read
Blog Interview, Artist of the Week
If you want to find out a little more about my art and it's processes, the whys and wherefores. Here are a few questions and answers from...
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Jonathan Oakes
Feb 15, 20232 min read
A Brace of Landscape Exhibitions
I am not normally the one for painting landscapes. You will not find me with an easel on a hilltop or with a watercolour set beside the...
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Jonathan Oakes
Jan 23, 20231 min read
D31 Togetherness
I am taking part in D31 art gallery winter exhibition Togetherness 3 of my paintings are featured The exhibition takes place at 13 Scot...
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Jonathan Oakes
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Climate Change - Exhibition
Worcester Open (Climate Change Edition 2023) Opening event :Thursday 12th January 2023 / 5 - 7pm Exhibition dates : 12th January until ...
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Jonathan Oakes
Dec 22, 20221 min read
24/7 Virtually
www.thefluxreview.com winter exhibition - part II 8 of my original artworks are being exhibited virtually visit the Flux review website...
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Jonathan Oakes
Nov 27, 20221 min read
English Riviera in Winter
On the journey the traveller journeys throughout the land, trying to discover a place to make a home. On arriving at the coast the...
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Jonathan Oakes
Oct 30, 20222 min read
The Art Post
A great opportunity has arisen! Some of my artwork has been selected for the brand new and very exciting Art Post project. The project...
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Jonathan Oakes
Oct 26, 20221 min read
Create for Bees Exhibition
10 of my artworks are being exhibited @ The Island Gallery Space Bridewell Street Bristol, UK. BS1 2BE (w3w = yours.ever.merit) Great...
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Jonathan Oakes
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Exhibition @ D31
My artworks are in the Autumn Exhibition at the D31 Art Gallery Scot Lane Doncaster South Yorkshire DN11EW (W3W= gentle.soap.jazzy)...
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Jonathan Oakes
Oct 2, 20221 min read
Exhibition Open
Great news! one of my paintings is being displayed in "The Landscape" Exhibition at the The Open Gallery 18 Rawson Street, Halifax, West...
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Jonathan Oakes
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Project 53
Project 53 consists of mainly A4 sized landscape and portrait orientated artworks of mixed media on paper/ photo collages. Often reworked...
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Jonathan Oakes
Sep 10, 20221 min read
New Views
Four new galleries have been added to my website! I've had a bit of a re-shuffle and I've added four new galleries to art4oka.com There...
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Jonathan Oakes
Sep 4, 20221 min read
West Studios Exhibition -It's On!
I have two of my original paintings showing at West Studios Open Exhibition, Chesterfield West Studios Sheffield Road Chesterfield S41...
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Jonathan Oakes
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Exhibition Now On!
I have 12 original abstract artworks on display at the Courtyard Gallery This Exhibition is now on! The Courtyard Gallery Ballroom Arts...
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Jonathan Oakes
Aug 21, 20222 min read
Concise, Precise perhaps or perhaps not? part 3
In Concise, precise perhaps 2 I wrote about the work of one of my favourite artists, Richard Long. In particular his prose or text...
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Jonathan Oakes
Aug 11, 20222 min read
Something Popped Up!
I should have posted a few days ago with my third instalment of the ongoing saga which are the "Concise, precise perhaps" blogs, but as...
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Jonathan Oakes
Jul 29, 20223 min read
Concise, Precise Perhaps? part 2
In this blog I will hopefully follow on from where I left off /on the other post (Concise, Precise Perhaps? part 1). Although it does not...
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