Collection: Jon Doran

Jon Doran is a contemporary painter based in Cornwall, and has been represented by Beside The Wave since 2015. Raised outside London, he studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art and later trained in classical realism at the Florence Academy of Art. He is currently based in a studio by the water in Cornwall and also teaches at Newlyn School of Art. Doran’s work combines contemporary approaches with classical training, resulting in what he describes as a disrupted realism. 

His practice engages with themes of perception, perspective and the experience of landscape, particularly in relation to the Cornish coast. Through layered brushwork and considered use of light and colour, his work examines how visual experience can convey atmosphere and broader questions of meaning and interpretation.

“I believe that great art can speak to us on a deep level. On the nature of existence and meaning. I ultimately hope to share a sense of the consolation and coherence I personally experience before beauty, whether it’s in front of a view of mist on the water or amidst the impending rocks of the north coast of Cornwall.”