A native of South Carolina, Jon’s art education began at an early age with private lessons in the small town of Saluda, South Carolina. Jon’s first art instructor was a great inspiration to him; she kept drawing throughout her long life, even up until the ripe old age of 108. Jon continued his art studies at The University of South Carolina, The College of Charleston and The Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in France. It was in Aix on Provence, while painting on location and studying the Impressionists that Jon developed his sense of light and color. The techniques Jon developed in southern France as a plein air painter are carried forward into his interior settings where he is able to capture that same sense of light.

After a year of studying and painting the landscape in southern France, Jon returned to the States and relocated in Boston. It is here that Jon combined his understanding of the Impressionists with the Old Boston School and developed his own style; a loose realism with a hint of Impressionism. After fifteen years as a successful Boston artist, Jon spent two years painting in the wilderness of Southwest New Mexico before relocating to Florida’s west coast in spring of ’99. Jon now lives in Clearwater with his wife and two children. Jon still maintains a close association with the Copley Society in Boston where he has attained the status of Copley Master. 

Second Place
Coconut Grove 2003

Second Place
Festival of the Masters 2003

Yankee Magazine Award
Copley Society, Boston 2003

2D Award
Tarpon Springs 2003

Award of Distinction
Bonita Springs 2003

First Place
St. Simon’s Island, Georgia

Award of Merit
Sunfest in West Palm Beach, Fl

Best of Show
Ybor City, Tampa, Fl

Juror’s Choice
Copley Society, Boston, Mass

Grumbacher Award
Copley Society, Boston, Mass

First Place in Oils
Crested Butte, Colorado

First Place in Oils
Evergreen, Colorado

Judges Award
Bartow, Fl

Second Place
Sanibel Island, Fl

Committee Award
Apollo Beach, Fl

Corporate Accounts Include:

Omni Yale
New Haven, Ct.

Omni Parker House Lobby
Boston, Mass

Boca Hotel Ballroom
Boca Raton, Florida

The Boston Trade Bank
Boston, Mass

Ernst & Whinney, Accounting Firm
Boston, Mass

The Boston Stock Exchange
Boston, Mass

Union Oyster House
Boston, Mass

Loomis Sayles Co., Investment Brokers
Boston, Mass

Westin Hotel Reception, Copley Plaza
Boston, Mass, Mass

75 Chestnut Street Restaurant, Beacon Hill
Boston, Mass

Sidney’s Restaurant, University Park
Cambridge, Mass