Biography
1951
Born in Amsterdam, Holland
Studied, lived and worked in UK since 1970
1963 – 1973
St Vitus College, Bussum, Holland
Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Arts, Amsterdam
St Martins College of Art & Design, London
Group Exhibitions
1984
Portal Gallery, London ‘After The Flood’
1984
Beaux Arts
Portal Gallery
1984
‘After The Flood’
1986
‘6 O’clock’
1988
‘Jericho’
1989
‘C’
1990
‘Proverbs’
‘The Lion and The Lamb’
Commissions
1981
‘Formally St. Christopher’
1984
‘Aesop’s Fables’
1985
‘Nativity’
1987
‘Noah’s Ark’
‘Agatha Christie No. 1’
‘Triptych Landscape’, Portmeirion Hotel (Wales)
1988
‘Welsh Landscape’
1989
‘C’, Christmas Show
1990
‘Proverbs’, Portal Gallery
1992
‘Faust’
1992
‘Dog’
1993
‘Topiary’, 6 paintings in series
1996
‘Farmer No. 1’
2006
‘Daisies’, Wessex Cancer Trust
Paul Jonkers’ paintings are a surreal blend of colour, reoccurring iconography, personal revelations and honesty about the reality of life itself.
“Art is an extension of who I am”
“After creating paintings of such detail on a smaller scale, I have begun to venture into the world of larger, more expressive painting that can express my personal revelations”
“I have been described as a new old master”
“Art is something of importance to me because it gives me a reason to exist”
“My inspiration comes from my own personal experiences”
“I admire the great painters like Peter Breugel, Rembrandt and Bosch because they are competent and honest”